linux-kernel - [PATCH] KVM: x86: fix incorrect comparison in trace event

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Message-Id: <1581614817-17087-1-git-send-email-pbonzini@redhat.com>
Date:   Thu, 13 Feb 2020 18:26:57 +0100
From:   Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kvm@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     cai@....pw
Subject: [PATCH] KVM: x86: fix incorrect comparison in trace event

The "u" field in the event has three states, -1/0/1.  Using u8 however means that
comparison with -1 will always fail, so change to signed char.

Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
---
 arch/x86/kvm/mmutrace.h | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/mmutrace.h b/arch/x86/kvm/mmutrace.h
index 3c6522b84ff1..ffcd96fc02d0 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/mmutrace.h
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/mmutrace.h
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@
 		/* These depend on page entry type, so compute them now.  */
 		__field(bool, r)
 		__field(bool, x)
-		__field(u8, u)
+		__field(signed char, u)
 	),
 
 	TP_fast_assign(
-- 
1.8.3.1