Re: [PATCH] rtlwifi: rtl8821ae: Make sure loop counter is signed on all architectures

[Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>]

On 04/14/2016 07:48 AM, David Müller wrote:
> The for-loop condition does not work correctly on architectures where "char"
> is unsigned. Fix it by using an "int", which may also result in more
> efficient code.
>
> Signed-off-by: David Müller <d.mueller@elsoft.ch>
> ---
>   drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/rtl8821ae/phy.c | 2 +-
>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/rtl8821ae/phy.c b/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/rtl8821ae/phy.c
> index 74165b3..fcd84d1 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/rtl8821ae/phy.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/rtl8821ae/phy.c
> @@ -959,7 +959,7 @@ static void _rtl8821ae_phy_store_txpower_by_rate_base(struct ieee80211_hw *hw)
>   static void _phy_convert_txpower_dbm_to_relative_value(u32 *data, u8 start,
>   						u8 end, u8 base_val)
>   {
> -	char i = 0;
> +	int i = 0;
>   	u8 temp_value = 0;
>   	u32 temp_data = 0;

This change is OK, but as long as you are touching this line, you should remove 
the initialization to zero. The first executable statement of that routine is 
"for (i = 3; i >= 0; --i)", thus there is no possibility that the variable could 
be used without being initialized.


Thanks,

Larry