linux-kernel - Re: [Patch] Signedness issue in drivers/net/3c515.c

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Date:	Mon, 21 Aug 2006 23:13:25 +0100
From:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>
Cc:	Eric Sesterhenn <snakebyte@....de>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>
Subject: Re: [Patch] Signedness issue in drivers/net/3c515.c

Ar Llu, 2006-08-21 am 14:05 -0700, ysgrifennodd Andrew Morton:
> 	/* Wait for the stall to complete. */
> 	for (i = 20; i >= 0; i--)
> 		if ((inw(ioaddr + EL3_STATUS) & CmdInProgress) == 0) 
> 			break;
> 
> Your fix will convert this indefinit wait into a bounded one.  It might
> cause the driver to malfunction.

The change is correct. The docs guarantee it can't take that long.

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