[PATCH v2 2/2] drivers: staging: lustre: Track sign separately

[Chris Rorvick <chris@rorvick.com>]

The `mult' parameter is negated if the user data begins with a '-' so
that the final value has the appropriate sign.  But `mult' is only used
if the user data does not include a "units" suffix.  In this case,
`mult' is overridden with the numeric scale conveyed by the units suffix,
but retains the sign of the original value.

Having `mult' serving double-duty works but is confusing.  Use a new
local variable to store the sign of the user data instead.  This also
fixes a pitfall of passing 0 to `mult', expecting it to be ignored when
a units suffix is specified, but having the effect of taking the
absolute value of the user-provided data.

Signed-off-by: Chris Rorvick <chris@rorvick.com>
---
 drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/obdclass/lprocfs_status.c | 7 ++++---
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/obdclass/lprocfs_status.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/obdclass/lprocfs_status.c
index 92ed0a0..b6c3352 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/obdclass/lprocfs_status.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/obdclass/lprocfs_status.c
@@ -1864,6 +1864,7 @@ int lprocfs_write_frac_u64_helper(const char *buffer, unsigned long count,
 	char kernbuf[22], *end, *pbuf;
 	__u64 whole, frac = 0, units;
 	unsigned frac_d = 1;
+	int sign = 1;
 
 	if (count > (sizeof(kernbuf) - 1))
 		return -EINVAL;
@@ -1874,7 +1875,7 @@ int lprocfs_write_frac_u64_helper(const char *buffer, unsigned long count,
 	kernbuf[count] = '\0';
 	pbuf = kernbuf;
 	if (*pbuf == '-') {
-		mult = -mult;
+		sign = -1;
 		pbuf++;
 	}
 
@@ -1911,11 +1912,11 @@ int lprocfs_write_frac_u64_helper(const char *buffer, unsigned long count,
 	}
 	/* Specified units override the multiplier */
 	if (units > 1)
-		mult = mult < 0 ? -units : units;
+		mult = units;
 
 	frac *= mult;
 	do_div(frac, frac_d);
-	*val = whole * mult + frac;
+	*val = sign * (whole * mult + frac);
 	return 0;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(lprocfs_write_frac_u64_helper);
-- 
2.1.0