From: Miloslav Trmac <mitr@volny.cz>
To: Dmitry Torokhov <dtor_core@ameritech.net>,
Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH] wistron_btns: Fix missing BIOS signature handling, take 2
Date: Sun, 08 Jan 2006 08:52:26 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <43C0C4BA.8000800@volny.cz> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200601080158.04175.dtor_core@ameritech.net>
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Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
> On Sunday 08 January 2006 01:39, Miloslav Trmac wrote:
>
>>offset can never be < 0 because it has type size_t. The driver
>>currently oopses on insmod if BIOS does not support the interface,
>>instead of refusing to load.
>
> I don't really like that casting, should we just change offset to ssize_t?
Sure.
Mirek
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offset can never be < 0 because it has type size_t. The driver
currently oopses on insmod if BIOS does not support the interface,
instead of refusing to load.
Signed-off-by: Miloslav Trmac <mitr@volny.cz>
--- a/drivers/input/misc/wistron_btns.c Sun Jan 8 06:30:59 2006
+++ b/drivers/input/misc/wistron_btns.c Sun Jan 8 08:46:26 2006
@@ -92,11 +92,11 @@
preempt_enable();
}
-static size_t __init locate_wistron_bios(void __iomem *base)
+static ssize_t __init locate_wistron_bios(void __iomem *base)
{
static const unsigned char __initdata signature[] =
{ 0x42, 0x21, 0x55, 0x30 };
- size_t offset;
+ ssize_t offset;
for (offset = 0; offset < 0x10000; offset += 0x10) {
if (check_signature(base + offset, signature,
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@
static int __init map_bios(void)
{
void __iomem *base;
- size_t offset;
+ ssize_t offset;
u32 entry_point;
base = ioremap(0xF0000, 0x10000); /* Can't fail */
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-01-08 7:52 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-01-08 6:39 [PATCH] wistron_btns: Fix missing BIOS signature handling Miloslav Trmac
2006-01-08 6:58 ` Dmitry Torokhov
2006-01-08 7:52 ` Miloslav Trmac [this message]
2006-01-08 16:13 ` [PATCH] wistron_btns: Fix missing BIOS signature handling, take 2 Dmitry Torokhov
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