netdev - Re: [PATCH][V2] cxgb4: fix -ve error check on a signed iq

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Date:   Sun, 25 Sep 2016 23:40:12 -0400 (EDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     colin.king@...onical.com
Cc:     hariprasad@...lsio.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH][V2] cxgb4: fix -ve error check on a signed iq

From: Colin King <colin.king@...onical.com>
Date: Sun, 25 Sep 2016 14:14:45 -0700

> From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
> 
> iq is unsigned, so the error check for iq < 0 has no effect so errors
> can slip past this check.  Fix this by making iq signed and also
> get_filter_steerq return a signed int so a -ve error can be returned.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>

Applied, thanks.