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* [PATCH] ath6kl: Change ielen in ath6kl_add_new_sta() from u8 to size_t
@ 2012-01-03  9:58 Vasanthakumar Thiagarajan
  2012-01-09 10:46 ` Kalle Valo
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: Vasanthakumar Thiagarajan @ 2012-01-03  9:58 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: kvalo; +Cc: linux-wireless, ath6kl-devel

Otherwise if (ielen <= ATH6KL_MAX_IE) is dead code. It looks safe to
change the type of ielen from u8 to size_t instead of removing this
if check, this ielen can have the length of more than one ies in future.

Signed-off-by: Vasanthakumar Thiagarajan <vthiagar@qca.qualcomm.com>
---
 drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath6kl/main.c |    2 +-
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath6kl/main.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath6kl/main.c
index c44eca2..347e987 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath6kl/main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath6kl/main.c
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ struct ath6kl_sta *ath6kl_find_sta_by_aid(struct ath6kl *ar, u8 aid)
 }
 
 static void ath6kl_add_new_sta(struct ath6kl *ar, u8 *mac, u16 aid, u8 *wpaie,
-			u8 ielen, u8 keymgmt, u8 ucipher, u8 auth)
+			size_t ielen, u8 keymgmt, u8 ucipher, u8 auth)
 {
 	struct ath6kl_sta *sta;
 	u8 free_slot;
-- 
1.7.0.4


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* Re: [PATCH] ath6kl: Change ielen in ath6kl_add_new_sta() from u8 to size_t
  2012-01-03  9:58 [PATCH] ath6kl: Change ielen in ath6kl_add_new_sta() from u8 to size_t Vasanthakumar Thiagarajan
@ 2012-01-09 10:46 ` Kalle Valo
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: Kalle Valo @ 2012-01-09 10:46 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Vasanthakumar Thiagarajan; +Cc: linux-wireless, ath6kl-devel

On 01/03/2012 11:58 AM, Vasanthakumar Thiagarajan wrote:
> Otherwise if (ielen <= ATH6KL_MAX_IE) is dead code. It looks safe to
> change the type of ielen from u8 to size_t instead of removing this
> if check, this ielen can have the length of more than one ies in future.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Vasanthakumar Thiagarajan <vthiagar@qca.qualcomm.com>

Thanks, applied.

Kalle

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