linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] fpga: altera-pr-ip: fix unsigned comparison with less than zero

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Date:   Wed, 6 Apr 2022 07:18:21 -0700
From:   Tom Rix <trix@...hat.com>
To:     Marco Pagani <marpagan@...hat.com>,
        Moritz Fischer <mdf@...nel.org>, Wu Hao <hao.wu@...el.com>,
        Xu Yilun <yilun.xu@...el.com>
Cc:     linux-fpga@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] fpga: altera-pr-ip: fix unsigned comparison with less
 than zero


On 4/5/22 11:53 AM, Marco Pagani wrote:
> Fix the "comparison with less than zero" warning reported by
> cppcheck for the unsigned (size_t) parameter "count" of the
> "alt_pr_fpga_write()" function.
>
> Signed-off-by: Marco Pagani <marpagan@...hat.com>
> ---
>   drivers/fpga/altera-pr-ip-core.c | 2 +-
>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/fpga/altera-pr-ip-core.c b/drivers/fpga/altera-pr-ip-core.c
> index be0667968d33..2ff3d8e46a0c 100644
> --- a/drivers/fpga/altera-pr-ip-core.c
> +++ b/drivers/fpga/altera-pr-ip-core.c
> @@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ static int alt_pr_fpga_write(struct fpga_manager *mgr, const char *buf,
>   	u32 *buffer_32 = (u32 *)buf;
>   	size_t i = 0;
>   
> -	if (count <= 0)
> +	if (count == 0)
>   		return -EINVAL;

Reviewed-by: Tom Rix <trix@...hat.com>

>   
>   	/* Write out the complete 32-bit chunks */