linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 02/31] crypto_pool: Add crypto_pool_reserve

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Message-ID: <843fda3c-f1bd-61e0-e94d-38026ad98e5f@arista.com>
Date:   Fri, 26 Aug 2022 15:42:09 +0100
From:   Dmitry Safonov <dima@...sta.com>
To:     Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>, kbuild@...ts.01.org,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     lkp@...el.com, kbuild-all@...ts.01.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>,
        Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@...nel.org>,
        Bob Gilligan <gilligan@...sta.com>,
        David Ahern <dsahern@...nel.org>,
        Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...nel.org>,
        Francesco Ruggeri <fruggeri@...sta.com>,
        Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>,
        Hideaki YOSHIFUJI <yoshfuji@...ux-ipv6.org>,
        Ivan Delalande <colona@...sta.com>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Leonard Crestez <cdleonard@...il.com>,
        Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
        Salam Noureddine <noureddine@...sta.com>,
        Shuah Khan <skhan@...uxfoundation.org>,
        linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 02/31] crypto_pool: Add crypto_pool_reserve_scratch()

Hi Dan,

On 8/22/22 11:45, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> Hi Dmitry,
[..]
> "err" not set.  It was supposed to be set to zero at the start.  But
> better to say "ret = i;" here maybe?
> 
> Why is i unsigned?  It leads to unsightly casts.  Presumably some static
> checker insists on this... :/

Thanks! Will be addressed/reworked in v2.

Thank you,
          Dmitry