netdev - Re: [PATCH] [SK_BUFF]: '< 0' and '>= 0' test on unsigned

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Date:	Tue, 17 Mar 2009 14:29:30 -0300
From:	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>
To:	Roel Kluin <roel.kluin@...il.com>
Cc:	acme@...hat.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] [SK_BUFF]: '< 0' and '>= 0' test on unsigned

Em Tue, Mar 17, 2009 at 02:43:06PM +0100, Roel Kluin escreveu:
> Was this patch missed?
> 
> struct sk_buff is located at vi include/linux/skbuff.h +357: 
> maybe a different test is needed in x25_rx_call_request()?
> ------------------------------>8-------------8<---------------------------------
> skb->len is an unsigned int, so the test in x25_rx_call_request() always
> evaluates to true.
> 
> len in x25_sendmsg() is unsigned as well. so -ERRORS returned by x25_output()
> are not noticed.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Roel Kluin <roel.kluin@...il.com>

I saw DaveM applying this one, lemme see...

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next-2.6.git;a=commit;h=8db09f26f912f7c90c764806e804b558da520d4f

- Arnaldo
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