linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] rtl8712: rtl871x_ioctl_linux.c: fix unnecessary typecast

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Date:   Tue, 6 Aug 2019 14:53:05 +0300
From:   Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
To:     Jose Carlos Cazarin Filho <joseespiriki@...il.com>
Cc:     Larry.Finger@...inger.net, florian.c.schilhabel@...glemail.com,
        gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, devel@...verdev.osuosl.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, lkcamp@...ts.libreplanetbr.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] rtl8712: rtl871x_ioctl_linux.c: fix unnecessary typecast

On Mon, Aug 05, 2019 at 10:33:29PM -0300, Jose Carlos Cazarin Filho wrote:
> Fix checkpath warning:
> WARNING: Unnecessary typecast of c90 int constant
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jose Carlos Cazarin Filho <joseespiriki@...il.com>
> ---
>  Hello all!
>  This is my first commit to the Linux Kernel, I'm doing this to learn and be able
>  to contribute more in the future
>  Peace all! 
>  drivers/staging/rtl8712/rtl871x_ioctl_linux.c | 4 ++--
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8712/rtl871x_ioctl_linux.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8712/rtl871x_ioctl_linux.c
> index 944336e0d..da371072e 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/rtl8712/rtl871x_ioctl_linux.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8712/rtl871x_ioctl_linux.c
> @@ -665,8 +665,8 @@ static int r8711_wx_set_freq(struct net_device *dev,
>  
>  /* If setting by frequency, convert to a channel */
>  	if ((fwrq->e == 1) &&
> -	  (fwrq->m >= (int) 2.412e8) &&
> -	  (fwrq->m <= (int) 2.487e8)) {
> +	  (fwrq->m >= 2.412e8) &&
> +	  (fwrq->m <= 2.487e8)) {

I don't think we can do this.  You're not allowed to use floats in the
kernel (because they make context switching slow).  I could have sworn
that we use the -nofp to stop the compile when people use floats but
this compiles fine for me.

regards,
dan carpenter