linux-kernel - [PATCH 2/3] staging: rtl8188eu: fix sparse signedness warnings in rtw_set

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Date:   Sat, 15 Apr 2017 18:08:10 +0530
From:   Aishwarya Pant <aishpant@...il.com>
To:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@...inger.net>
Cc:     devel@...verdev.osuosl.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] staging: rtl8188eu: fix sparse signedness warnings in
 rtw_set_ie

Changed the type of sz from (int) to (unsigned int) to suppress
signedness mismatch warnings of the type-

drivers/staging/rtl8188eu//core/rtw_ieee80211.c:258:97: warning:
incorrect type in argument 5 (different signedness)
drivers/staging/rtl8188eu//core/rtw_ieee80211.c:258:97:    expected
unsigned int [usertype] *frlen
drivers/staging/rtl8188eu//core/rtw_ieee80211.c:258:97:    got int
*<noident>

Signed-off-by: Aishwarya Pant <aishpant@...il.com>
---
 drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_ieee80211.c | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_ieee80211.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_ieee80211.c
index f55b38f..79dda83 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_ieee80211.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_ieee80211.c
@@ -226,7 +226,8 @@ uint	rtw_get_rateset_len(u8	*rateset)
 int rtw_generate_ie(struct registry_priv *pregistrypriv)
 {
 	u8	wireless_mode;
-	int	sz = 0, rateLen;
+	int	rateLen;
+	uint    sz = 0;
 	struct wlan_bssid_ex *pdev_network = &pregistrypriv->dev_network;
 	u8 *ie = pdev_network->IEs;
 
-- 
2.7.4