Re: [PATCH 5/7] tty: xilinx_uartps: Make the timeout unsigned

[Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

On Fri, Apr 29, 2022 at 01:44:20PM +0530, Shubhrajyoti Datta wrote:
> The timeout cannot be negative make it unsigned.
> Also the same for the trigger level.
> 
> Addresses-Coverity: Event incompatible_param.

What does this mean?

> Signed-off-by: Shubhrajyoti Datta <shubhrajyoti.datta@xilinx.com>
> ---
>  drivers/tty/serial/xilinx_uartps.c | 4 ++--
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/xilinx_uartps.c b/drivers/tty/serial/xilinx_uartps.c
> index bf0415f0a194..289d70914956 100644
> --- a/drivers/tty/serial/xilinx_uartps.c
> +++ b/drivers/tty/serial/xilinx_uartps.c
> @@ -34,12 +34,12 @@
>  #define TX_TIMEOUT		500000
>  
>  /* Rx Trigger level */
> -static int rx_trigger_level = 56;
> +static uint rx_trigger_level = 56;
>  module_param(rx_trigger_level, uint, 0444);
>  MODULE_PARM_DESC(rx_trigger_level, "Rx trigger level, 1-63 bytes");
>  
>  /* Rx Timeout */
> -static int rx_timeout = 10;
> +static uint rx_timeout = 10;
>  module_param(rx_timeout, uint, 0444);
>  MODULE_PARM_DESC(rx_timeout, "Rx timeout, 1-255");

As this is bounded (right?) why is this an issue?

Shouldn't it be a "byte" instead?

thanks,

greg k-h