linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] byteorder: silence warning by use the proper type

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Message-ID: <20180124212156.3ftylyibl3fqgq4u@mwanda>
Date:   Thu, 25 Jan 2018 00:21:56 +0300
From:   Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
To:     rodrigosiqueira <rodrigosiqueiramelo@...il.com>
Cc:     mika.westerberg@...ux.intel.com, michael.jamet@...el.com,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] byteorder: silence warning by use the proper type

On Wed, Jan 24, 2018 at 05:07:25PM -0200, rodrigosiqueira wrote:
> This patch fixes the GCC warning:
> 
> warning: comparison between signed and unsigned integer expressions
> [-Wsign-compare]
>   for (i = 0; i < len; i++)
>                 ^

I wish GCC wouldn't generate warnings which are clearly dumb.  :(  This
kind of warning has a over 99% false positive rate in finding real bugs.

regards,
dan carpenter