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Date:	Sat,  6 Dec 2014 01:00:41 +0100
From:	Rasmus Villemoes <linux@...musvillemoes.dk>
To:	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>,
	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>
Cc:	Rasmus Villemoes <linux@...musvillemoes.dk>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] MPILIB: Fix comparison of negative MPIs

If u and v both represent negative integers and their limb counts
happen to differ, mpi_cmp will always return a positive value - this
is obviously bogus. u is smaller than v if and only if it is larger in
absolute value.

Signed-off-by: Rasmus Villemoes <linux@...musvillemoes.dk>
---
 lib/mpi/mpi-cmp.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/lib/mpi/mpi-cmp.c b/lib/mpi/mpi-cmp.c
index 1871e7b61ca0..3801694240d8 100644
--- a/lib/mpi/mpi-cmp.c
+++ b/lib/mpi/mpi-cmp.c
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ int mpi_cmp(MPI u, MPI v)
 	if (usize != vsize && !u->sign && !v->sign)
 		return usize - vsize;
 	if (usize != vsize && u->sign && v->sign)
-		return vsize + usize;
+		return vsize - usize;
 	if (!usize)
 		return 0;
 	cmp = mpihelp_cmp(u->d, v->d, usize);
-- 
2.1.3

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