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

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Message-ID: <31d64df85398ed8af1fb97f634cf5bc68fc41a20.1492259726.git.aishpant@gmail.com>
Date:   Sat, 15 Apr 2017 18:08:39 +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 3/3] staging: rtl8188eu: fix sparse signedness warnings in
 rtw_generate_ie

Changed the type of wpa_ie_len from (int *) to (unsigned int *) in the
function rtw_get_wpa_ie(..) to suppress signedness mismatch warnings in
rtw_generate_ie of the type-

drivers/staging/rtl8188eu//core/rtw_ieee80211.c:1009:60: warning: incorrect
type in argument 2 (different signedness)
drivers/staging/rtl8188eu//core/rtw_ieee80211.c:1009:60:    expected int
*wpa_ie_len
drivers/staging/rtl8188eu//core/rtw_ieee80211.c:1009:60:    got unsigned
int *<noident>

Signed-off-by: Aishwarya Pant <aishpant@...il.com>
---
 drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_ieee80211.c | 2 +-
 drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/include/ieee80211.h  | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_ieee80211.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_ieee80211.c
index 79dda83..d1dafe0 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_ieee80211.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_ieee80211.c
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@ int rtw_generate_ie(struct registry_priv *pregistrypriv)
 	return sz;
 }
 
-unsigned char *rtw_get_wpa_ie(unsigned char *pie, int *wpa_ie_len, int limit)
+unsigned char *rtw_get_wpa_ie(unsigned char *pie, uint *wpa_ie_len, int limit)
 {
 	uint len;
 	u16 val16;
diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/include/ieee80211.h b/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/include/ieee80211.h
index b3f331a..22ab0c4 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/include/ieee80211.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/include/ieee80211.h
@@ -861,7 +861,7 @@ u8 *rtw_get_ie(u8 *pbuf, int index, uint *len, int limit);
 
 void rtw_set_supported_rate(u8 *SupportedRates, uint mode);
 
-unsigned char *rtw_get_wpa_ie(unsigned char *pie, int *wpa_ie_len, int limit);
+unsigned char *rtw_get_wpa_ie(unsigned char *pie, uint *wpa_ie_len, int limit);
 unsigned char *rtw_get_wpa2_ie(unsigned char *pie, uint *rsn_ie_len, int limit);
 int rtw_get_wpa_cipher_suite(u8 *s);
 int rtw_get_wpa2_cipher_suite(u8 *s);
-- 
2.7.4