[patch] x86, AMD, NB: silence an underflow test

[Dan Carpenter]

This is under CAP_SYS_ADMIN but Smatch complains that mask comes from
the user and the test for "mask > 0xf" can underflow.  The fix is
simple.

Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx>

diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/amd_nb.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/amd_nb.h
index a54ee1d054d9..0c4e3e47d462 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/amd_nb.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/amd_nb.h
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ extern int amd_cache_northbridges(void);
 extern void amd_flush_garts(void);
 extern int amd_numa_init(void);
 extern int amd_get_subcaches(int);
-extern int amd_set_subcaches(int, int);
+extern int amd_set_subcaches(int, unsigned long);
 
 struct amd_l3_cache {
 	unsigned indices;
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/amd_nb.c b/arch/x86/kernel/amd_nb.c
index 59554dca96ec..d9fceb697322 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/amd_nb.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/amd_nb.c
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ int amd_get_subcaches(int cpu)
 	return (mask >> (4 * cuid)) & 0xf;
 }
 
-int amd_set_subcaches(int cpu, int mask)
+int amd_set_subcaches(int cpu, unsigned long mask)
 {
 	static unsigned int reset, ban;
 	struct amd_northbridge *nb = node_to_amd_nb(amd_get_nb_id(cpu));
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