netdev - [patch] 9p: fix min_t() casting in p9pdu

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Date:	Tue, 27 Sep 2011 09:44:41 +0300
From:	Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
To:	Eric Van Hensbergen <ericvh@...il.com>
Cc:	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Eric Van Hensbergen <ericvh@...il.com>,
	Venkateswararao Jujjuri <jvrao@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	"Aneesh Kumar K.V" <aneesh.kumar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Harsh Prateek Bora <harsh@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [patch] 9p: fix min_t() casting in p9pdu_vwritef()

I don't think we're actually likely to hit this limit but if we do
then the comparison should be done as size_t.  The original code
is equivalent to:
	len = strlen(sptr) % USHRT_MAX;

Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>

diff --git a/net/9p/protocol.c b/net/9p/protocol.c
index 55e10a9..39a4c18 100644
--- a/net/9p/protocol.c
+++ b/net/9p/protocol.c
@@ -368,7 +368,7 @@ p9pdu_vwritef(struct p9_fcall *pdu, int proto_version, const char *fmt,
 				const char *sptr = va_arg(ap, const char *);
 				uint16_t len = 0;
 				if (sptr)
-					len = min_t(uint16_t, strlen(sptr),
+					len = min_t(size_t, strlen(sptr),
 								USHRT_MAX);
 
 				errcode = p9pdu_writef(pdu, proto_version,
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