| Submitter | Julia Lawall |
|---|---|
| Date | Sept. 5, 2010, 7 p.m. |
| Message ID | <1283713226-8429-6-git-send-email-julia@diku.dk> |
| Download | mbox | patch |
| Permalink | /patch/63856/ |
| State | Accepted |
| Delegated to: | David Miller |
| Headers | show |
Comments
From: Julia Lawall <julia@diku.dk> Date: Sun, 5 Sep 2010 21:00:23 +0200 > The function has an unsigned return type, but returns a negative constant > to indicate an error condition. The result of calling the function is > always stored in a variable of type (signed) int, and thus unsigned can be > dropped from the return type. > > A sematic match that finds this problem is as follows: > (http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/) ... > Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <julia@diku.dk> Applied. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Patch
diff --git a/drivers/atm/firestream.c b/drivers/atm/firestream.c index 8717809..1af977e 100644 --- a/drivers/atm/firestream.c +++ b/drivers/atm/firestream.c @@ -444,8 +444,8 @@ static inline void fs_kfree_skb (struct sk_buff * skb) #define ROUND_NEAREST 3 /********** make rate (not quite as much fun as Horizon) **********/ -static unsigned int make_rate (unsigned int rate, int r, - u16 * bits, unsigned int * actual) +static int make_rate(unsigned int rate, int r, + u16 *bits, unsigned int *actual) { unsigned char exp = -1; /* hush gcc */ unsigned int man = -1; /* hush gcc */
The function has an unsigned return type, but returns a negative constant to indicate an error condition. The result of calling the function is always stored in a variable of type (signed) int, and thus unsigned can be dropped from the return type. A sematic match that finds this problem is as follows: (http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/) // <smpl> @exists@ identifier f; constant C; @@ unsigned f(...) { <+... * return -C; ...+> } // </smpl> Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <julia@diku.dk> --- drivers/atm/firestream.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html