linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] adfs: add hexadecimal filetype suffix option

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Date:	Wed, 23 Mar 2011 21:36:48 +0100
From:	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Stuart Swales <stuart.swales.croftnuisk@...il.com>,
	Russell King <rmk+kernel@....linux.org.uk>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] adfs: add hexadecimal filetype suffix option

On Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 00:49, Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org> wrote:
> On Wed, 12 Jan 2011 18:07:23 +0000
> Stuart Swales <stuart.swales.croftnuisk@...il.com> wrote:
>> From: Stuart Swales<stuart.swales.croftnuisk@...il.com>

>> +static inline int append_filetype_suffix(char *buf, __u16 filetype)
>> +{
>> +     if ((__u16) -1 == filetype)
>
> unneeded cast.

My compiler tends to disagree. On current mainline, it says:

fs/adfs/adfs.h: In function ‘append_filetype_suffix’:
fs/adfs/adfs.h:115: warning: comparison is always false due to limited
range of data type

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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