netdev - [patch] netxen_nic: signedness bug in netxen_md_entry_err

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Date:	Wed, 8 Feb 2012 12:23:36 +0300
From:	Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
To:	Sony Chacko <sony.chacko@...gic.com>
Cc:	Rajesh Borundia <rajesh.borundia@...gic.com>,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [patch] netxen_nic: signedness bug in netxen_md_entry_err_chk()

"esize" should be signed because it can be negative here.  For example,
when we call it in netxen_parse_md_template(), it could be -1 from the
return value of netxen_md_L2Cache().

Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/netxen/netxen_nic_hw.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/netxen/netxen_nic_hw.c
index 0a81228..6f37470 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/netxen/netxen_nic_hw.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/netxen/netxen_nic_hw.c
@@ -2354,7 +2354,7 @@ netxen_md_rdqueue(struct netxen_adapter *adapter,
 */
 
 static int netxen_md_entry_err_chk(struct netxen_adapter *adapter,
-				struct netxen_minidump_entry *entry, u32 esize)
+				struct netxen_minidump_entry *entry, int esize)
 {
 	if (esize < 0) {
 		entry->hdr.driver_flags |= NX_DUMP_SKIP;
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