linux-kernel - Re: wifi: airo: do not assign -1 to unsigned char

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Date:   Tue,  1 Nov 2022 09:15:26 +0000 (UTC)
From:   Kalle Valo <kvalo@...nel.org>
To:     "Jason A. Donenfeld" <Jason@...c4.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        "Jason A. Donenfeld" <Jason@...c4.com>,
        linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: wifi: airo: do not assign -1 to unsigned char

"Jason A. Donenfeld" <Jason@...c4.com> wrote:

> With char becoming unsigned by default, and with `char` alone being
> ambiguous and based on architecture, we get a warning when assigning the
> unchecked output of hex_to_bin() to that unsigned char. Mark `key` as a
> `u8`, which matches the struct's type, and then check each call to
> hex_to_bin() before casting.
> 
> Cc: Kalle Valo <kvalo@...nel.org>
> Cc: linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason@...c4.com>

Patch applied to wireless.git, thanks.

e6cb8769452e wifi: airo: do not assign -1 to unsigned char

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https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-wireless/patch/20221024162843.535921-1-Jason@zx2c4.com/

https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/developers/documentation/submittingpatches