netdev - Re: [PATCH 1/2] batman-adv: count_real_packets() in batman-adv assumes char is signed

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Date:	Wed, 15 Jun 2011 08:58:02 +0200
From:	Sven Eckelmann <sven@...fation.org>
To:	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
Cc:	Marek Lindner <lindner_marek@...oo.de>,
	Simon Wunderlich <siwu@....tu-chemnitz.de>,
	b.a.t.m.a.n@...ts.open-mesh.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] batman-adv: count_real_packets() in batman-adv assumes char is signed

On Wednesday 15 June 2011 01:51:32 David Howells wrote:
> count_real_packets() in batman-adv assumes char is signed, and returns -1
> through it:
> 
> net/batman-adv/routing.c: In function 'receive_bat_packet':
> net/batman-adv/routing.c:739: warning: comparison is always false due to
> limited range of data type
> 
> Use int instead.
> 
> This is also looks a bit weird as (presumably signed) is_duplicate is
> constructed by OR'ding together the unsigned results of get_bit_status()
> (though the latter only returns 0 or 1).

Sry, had to catch the train and had no time to explain it further.

It is correct that is_duplicate will only have 0 and 1 stored, but the 
window_protected function (called before the loop) may detect that the packet 
has to be dropped and we return in that case -1.

I don't know who started to use char in those places, but thanks for reminding 
me how much I hate it and that I wanted to check the rest of the code. :)

I will submit the corrected patch in a pull request later this week to David 
S. Miller.

Thanks,
	Sven

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