linux-kernel - [PATCH 3/8] x86: dubious one-bit signed bitfield in cpuidle.h

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Message-Id: <1202244058.18081.32.camel@brick>
Date:	Tue, 05 Feb 2008 12:40:58 -0800
From:	Harvey Harrison <harvey.harrison@...il.com>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
Cc:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 3/8] x86: dubious one-bit signed bitfield in cpuidle.h

This is a minimal, stupid, fix, move to unsigned bitfield.  These errors
are hiding sparse warnings in any file that includes it....below is a
sample.

  CHECK   arch/x86/kernel/acpi/cstate.c
include/linux/cpuidle.h:82:17: error: dubious one-bit signed bitfield
  CHECK   arch/x86/kernel/acpi/processor.c
include/linux/cpuidle.h:82:17: error: dubious one-bit signed bitfield
  CHECK   arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/powernow-k7.c
include/linux/cpuidle.h:82:17: error: dubious one-bit signed bitfield
  CHECK   arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/powernow-k8.c
include/linux/cpuidle.h:82:17: error: dubious one-bit signed bitfield
  CHECK   arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/longhaul.c
include/linux/cpuidle.h:82:17: error: dubious one-bit signed bitfield
  CHECK   arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/acpi-cpufreq.c
include/linux/cpuidle.h:82:17: error: dubious one-bit signed bitfield

Signed-off-by: Harvey Harrison <harvey.harrison@...il.com>
---
 include/linux/cpuidle.h |    2 +-
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/cpuidle.h b/include/linux/cpuidle.h
index c4e0016..b0fd85a 100644
--- a/include/linux/cpuidle.h
+++ b/include/linux/cpuidle.h
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ struct cpuidle_state_kobj {
 };
 
 struct cpuidle_device {
-	int			enabled:1;
+	unsigned int		enabled:1;
 	unsigned int		cpu;
 
 	int			last_residency;
-- 
1.5.4.rc5.1138.g2602


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