netdev - Re: [PATCH net] bnxt_en: fix ternary sign extension bug in bnxt_show

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Message-Id: <161912880923.31492.17385488154517518202.git-patchwork-notify@kernel.org>
Date:   Thu, 22 Apr 2021 22:00:09 +0000
From:   patchwork-bot+netdevbpf@...nel.org
To:     Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
Cc:     michael.chan@...adcom.com, edwin.peer@...adcom.com,
        davem@...emloft.net, kuba@...nel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] bnxt_en: fix ternary sign extension bug in
 bnxt_show_temp()

Hello:

This patch was applied to netdev/net.git (refs/heads/master):

On Thu, 22 Apr 2021 12:10:28 +0300 you wrote:
> The problem is that bnxt_show_temp() returns long but "rc" is an int
> and "len" is a u32.  With ternary operations the type promotion is quite
> tricky.  The negative "rc" is first promoted to u32 and then to long so
> it ends up being a high positive value instead of a a negative as we
> intended.
> 
> Fix this by removing the ternary.
> 
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
  - [net] bnxt_en: fix ternary sign extension bug in bnxt_show_temp()
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net/c/27537929f30d

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