linux-kernel - Re: [patch] extcon: signedness bugs break error handling

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Date:	Tue, 04 Aug 2015 19:56:18 +0900
From:	Chanwoo Choi <cw00.choi@...sung.com>
To:	Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
Cc:	MyungJoo Ham <myungjoo.ham@...sung.com>,
	Roger Quadros <rogerq@...com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [patch] extcon: signedness bugs break error handling

On 08/04/2015 04:47 PM, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> Unsigned is never less than zero so this error handling won't work.
> 
> Fixes: be052cc87745 ('extcon: Fix hang and extcon_get/set_cable_state().')
> Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/extcon/extcon.c b/drivers/extcon/extcon.c
> index 8301a72..da2fb6c 100644
> --- a/drivers/extcon/extcon.c
> +++ b/drivers/extcon/extcon.c
> @@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ static int find_cable_id_by_name(struct extcon_dev *edev, const char *name)
>  

Applied it. 

Thanks,
Chanwoo Choi

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