netdev - Re: [PATCH 3/3] staging/rtl8192u: use s8 instead of char

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Date:	Tue, 19 Jul 2016 11:47:10 -0400
From:	Jes Sorensen <Jes.Sorensen@...hat.com>
To:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Cc:	linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org, Kalle Valo <kvalo@...eaurora.org>,
	Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@...inger.net>,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	Raphaël Beamonte <raphael.beamonte@...il.com>,
	devel@...verdev.osuosl.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] staging/rtl8192u: use s8 instead of char

Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de> writes:
> Compiling the rtlwifi drivers for ARM with gcc -Wextra warns about lots of
> incorrect code that results from 'char' being unsigned here, e.g.
>
> staging/rtl8192u/r8192U_core.c:4150:16: error: comparison is always false due to limited range of data type [-Werror=type-limits]
> staging/rtl8192u/r8192U_dm.c:646:50: error: comparison is always false due to limited range of data type [-Werror=type-limits]
>
> This patch changes all uses of 'char' in this driver that refer to
> 8-bit integers to use 's8' instead, which is signed on all architectures.
>
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
> ---
>  drivers/staging/rtl8192u/ieee80211/ieee80211.h |  4 ++--
>  drivers/staging/rtl8192u/r8192U.h              |  4 ++--
>  drivers/staging/rtl8192u/r8192U_core.c         | 14 +++++++-------
>  3 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

Looks good to me

Acked-by: Jes Sorensen <Jes.Sorensen@...hat.com>