[patch -next] x86, microcode, AMD: signedness bug ingeneric_load_microcode()
From: Dan Carpenter
Date: Fri Feb 18 2011 - 04:17:41 EST
install_equiv_cpu_table() returns type int. It uses negative error
codes so using an unsigned type breaks the error handling.
Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <error27@xxxxxxxxx>
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/microcode_amd.c b/arch/x86/kernel/microcode_amd.c
index 9fb8405..c561038 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/microcode_amd.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/microcode_amd.c
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ generic_load_microcode(int cpu, const u8 *data, size_t size)
struct ucode_cpu_info *uci = ucode_cpu_info + cpu;
struct microcode_header_amd *mc_hdr = NULL;
unsigned int mc_size, leftover;
- unsigned long offset;
+ int offset;
const u8 *ucode_ptr = data;
void *new_mc = NULL;
unsigned int new_rev = uci->cpu_sig.rev;
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