linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] sun disk label: fix signed int usage for sector count

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Message-Id: <20060826.170224.110013012.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Sat, 26 Aug 2006 17:02:24 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	jeffm@...e.com
Cc:	jengelh@...ux01.gwdg.de, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	akpm@...l.org, torvalds@...l.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] sun disk label: fix signed int usage for sector count

From: Jeff Mahoney <jeffm@...e.com>
Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2006 12:02:46 -0400

> You're right. The Solaris side of things treats this as signed.

I see no reason to disallow this and use an unsigned quantity.

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