Re: [PATCH] ath10k: htt_rx: Fix signedness bug in ath10k_update_per_peer_tx_stats

From: Kalle Valo
Date: Sat Oct 13 2018 - 13:23:32 EST


"Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Currently, the error handling for the call to function
> ath10k_get_legacy_rate_idx() doesn't work because
> *rate_idx* is of type u8 (8 bits, unsigned), which
> makes it impossible for it to hold a value less
> than 0.
>
> Fix this by changing the type of variable *rate_idx*
> to s8 (8 bits, signed).
>
> Addresses-Coverity-ID: 1473914 ("Unsigned compared against 0")
> Fixes: 0189dbd71cbd ("ath10k: get the legacy rate index to update the txrate table")
> Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <gustavo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <kvalo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Patch applied to ath-next branch of ath.git, thanks.

9d9cdbf3f9ed ath10k: htt_rx: fix signedness bug in ath10k_update_per_peer_tx_stats

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