linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] ASoC: codecs: Fix unsigned comparison with less than zero

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Message-ID: <20230206093026.6236eea2@bootlin.com>
Date:   Mon, 6 Feb 2023 09:30:26 +0100
From:   Herve Codina <herve.codina@...tlin.com>
To:     Jiapeng Chong <jiapeng.chong@...ux.alibaba.com>
Cc:     lgirdwood@...il.com, broonie@...nel.org, perex@...ex.cz,
        tiwai@...e.com, alsa-devel@...a-project.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Abaci Robot <abaci@...ux.alibaba.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ASoC: codecs: Fix unsigned comparison with less than
 zero

On Mon,  6 Feb 2023 15:55:18 +0800
Jiapeng Chong <jiapeng.chong@...ux.alibaba.com> wrote:

> The val is defined as unsigned int type, if(val<0) is redundant, so
> delete it.
> 
> sound/soc/codecs/idt821034.c:449 idt821034_kctrl_gain_put() warn: unsigned 'val' is never less than zero.
> 
> Reported-by: Abaci Robot <abaci@...ux.alibaba.com>
> Link: https://bugzilla.openanolis.cn/show_bug.cgi?id=3947
> Signed-off-by: Jiapeng Chong <jiapeng.chong@...ux.alibaba.com>
> ---
>  sound/soc/codecs/idt821034.c | 2 --
>  1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/sound/soc/codecs/idt821034.c b/sound/soc/codecs/idt821034.c
> index 5d01787b1c1f..2cc7b9166e69 100644
> --- a/sound/soc/codecs/idt821034.c
> +++ b/sound/soc/codecs/idt821034.c
> @@ -446,8 +446,6 @@ static int idt821034_kctrl_gain_put(struct snd_kcontrol *kcontrol,
>  	u8 ch;
>  
>  	val = ucontrol->value.integer.value[0];
> -	if (val < 0)
> -		return -EINVAL;
>  	if (val > max - min)
>  		return -EINVAL;
>  

Acked-by: Herve Codina <herve.codina@...tlin.com>

Thanks,
Hervé

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Embedded Linux and Kernel engineering
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