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

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Date:	Wed, 23 Feb 2011 15:19:16 +0000
From:	Martyn Welch <martyn.welch@...com>
To:	Manohar Vanga <manohar.vanga@...n.ch>
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

On 23/02/11 15:16, Manohar Vanga wrote:
>>> 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.
> 

Ah, yeah, that would help.

Martyn

> Thanks,
> Manohar Vanga


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