linux-kernel - Re: ocfs2: char is not always signed

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Date:	Thu, 18 Nov 2010 15:43:43 -0800
From:	Joel Becker <Joel.Becker@...cle.com>
To:	Milton Miller <miltonm@....com>
Cc:	Tao Ma <tao.ma@...cle.com>, ocfs2-devel@....oracle.com,
	Mark Fasheh <mfasheh@...e.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Goldwyn Rodrigues <rgoldwyn@...e.de>
Subject: Re: ocfs2: char is not always signed

On Wed, Nov 17, 2010 at 10:20:11PM -0600, Milton Miller wrote:
> Commit 1c66b360fe262 (Change some lock status member in ocfs2_lock_res
> to char.)  states that these fields need to be signed due to comparision
> to -1, but only changed the type from unsigned char to char.   However, it
> is a compiler option if char is a signed or unsigned type.  Change these
> fields to signed char so the code will work with all compilers.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Milton Miller <miltonm@....com>

	This patch is now in the fixes branch of ocfs2.git.

Joel

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