netdev - Re: [patch] sctp: dubious bitfields in sctp

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Message-Id: <20100526.004020.59666337.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Wed, 26 May 2010 00:40:20 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	error27@...il.com
Cc:	vladislav.yasevich@...com, sri@...ibm.com, yjwei@...fujitsu.com,
	linux-sctp@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [patch] sctp: dubious bitfields in sctp_transport

From: Dan Carpenter <error27@...il.com>
Date: Sat, 22 May 2010 22:20:24 +0200

> Sparse complains because these one-bit bitfields are signed.
>   include/net/sctp/structs.h:879:24: error: dubious one-bit signed bitfield
>   include/net/sctp/structs.h:889:31: error: dubious one-bit signed bitfield
>   include/net/sctp/structs.h:895:26: error: dubious one-bit signed bitfield
>   include/net/sctp/structs.h:898:31: error: dubious one-bit signed bitfield
>   include/net/sctp/structs.h:901:27: error: dubious one-bit signed bitfield
> 
> It doesn't cause a problem in the current code, but it would be better
> to clean it up.  This was introduced by c0058a35aacc7: "sctp: Save some
> room in the sctp_transport by using bitfields".
> 
> Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <error27@...il.com>

Applied, thanks Dan.
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