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From: Roel Kluin <12o3l@tiscali.nl>
To: Thomas Bogendoerfer <tsbogend@alpha.franken.de>
Cc: ralf@linux-mips.org, linux-mips@linux-mips.org,
	lkml <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 2/6 v2] MIPS: ip27-timer: unsigned irq to evaluate allocate_irqno()
Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2008 17:09:58 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <480616C6.3080203@tiscali.nl> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20080416091554.GA6026@alpha.franken.de>

Thomas Bogendoerfer wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 03:43:56AM +0200, Roel Kluin wrote:
>> irq is unsigned, cast to signed to evaluate the allocate_irqno() return value,
 
>> +		if ((int) irq < 0)
> 
> Why don't you just make irq and rt_timer_irq an int ?

Ok, thanks, It should be right, but I cannot test this (no hardware).
---
when allocate_irqno() returns a negative error value, but is stored in an
unsigned variable 'irq', the test '(irq < 0)' won't work.

Signed-off-by: Roel Kluin <12o3l@tiscali.nl>
---
diff --git a/arch/mips/sgi-ip27/ip27-timer.c b/arch/mips/sgi-ip27/ip27-timer.c
index 25d3baf..9cebc9e 100644
--- a/arch/mips/sgi-ip27/ip27-timer.c
+++ b/arch/mips/sgi-ip27/ip27-timer.c
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ static void rt_set_mode(enum clock_event_mode mode,
 	}
 }
 
-unsigned int rt_timer_irq;
+int rt_timer_irq;
 
 static irqreturn_t hub_rt_counter_handler(int irq, void *dev_id)
 {
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ static void __cpuinit hub_rt_clock_event_init(void)
 
 static void __init hub_rt_clock_event_global_init(void)
 {
-	unsigned int irq;
+	int irq;
 
 	do {
 		smp_wmb();


  reply	other threads:[~2008-04-16 15:10 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-04-16  1:43 [PATCH 2/6] MIPS: ip27-timer: fix unsigned irq < 0 Roel Kluin
2008-04-16  9:15 ` Thomas Bogendoerfer
2008-04-16 15:09   ` Roel Kluin [this message]
2008-04-16 22:27     ` [PATCH 2/6 v2] MIPS: ip27-timer: unsigned irq to evaluate allocate_irqno() Thomas Bogendoerfer
2008-04-17 10:59       ` Ralf Baechle

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