[PATCH 5/8] drivers/atm/firestream.c: Fix unsigned return type

From: Julia Lawall
Date: Sun Sep 05 2010 - 15:00:38 EST


The function has an unsigned return type, but returns a negative constant
to indicate an error condition. The result of calling the function is
always stored in a variable of type (signed) int, and thus unsigned can be
dropped from the return type.

A sematic match that finds this problem is as follows:
(http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/)

// <smpl>
@exists@
identifier f;
constant C;
@@

unsigned f(...)
{ <+...
* return -C;
...+> }
// </smpl>

Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <julia@xxxxxxx>

---
drivers/atm/firestream.c | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/atm/firestream.c b/drivers/atm/firestream.c
index 8717809..1af977e 100644
--- a/drivers/atm/firestream.c
+++ b/drivers/atm/firestream.c
@@ -444,8 +444,8 @@ static inline void fs_kfree_skb (struct sk_buff * skb)
#define ROUND_NEAREST 3
/********** make rate (not quite as much fun as Horizon) **********/

-static unsigned int make_rate (unsigned int rate, int r,
- u16 * bits, unsigned int * actual)
+static int make_rate(unsigned int rate, int r,
+ u16 *bits, unsigned int *actual)
{
unsigned char exp = -1; /* hush gcc */
unsigned int man = -1; /* hush gcc */

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