linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] Staging: vme: remove unreachable code

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Message-ID: <20110223151618.GA27806@becoht-mvanga>
Date:	Wed, 23 Feb 2011 16:16:18 +0100
From:	Manohar Vanga <manohar.vanga@...n.ch>
To:	Martyn Welch <martyn.welch@...com>
CC:	Dan Carpenter <error27@...il.com>, <devel@...verdev.osuosl.org>,
	<cota@...ap.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] Staging: vme: remove unreachable code

> > There are two problems with this loop.  1) It unregisters the device
> > which failed to register.  2) It is a forever loop.
> > 
> 
> Even if "i" is a signed int?

The infinite loop is because "i" is not decremented anywhere in the loop. Not
because of signedness.

Thanks,
Manohar Vanga
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