Re: [PATCH] [media] davinci-vpfe: Fix retcode check

From: Levente Kurusa
Date: Tue Jul 08 2014 - 10:33:03 EST


2014-07-08 16:08 GMT+02:00 Andrey Utkin <andrey.krieger.utkin@xxxxxxxxx>:
> Use signed type to check correctly for negative error code. The issue
> was reported with static analyser:
>
> [linux-3.13/drivers/staging/media/davinci_vpfe/dm365_ipipe_hw.c:270]:
> (style) A pointer can not be negative so it is either pointless or an
> error to check if it is.
>
> Bugzilla: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=69071
> Reported-by: David Binderman <dcb314@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Andrey Utkin <andrey.krieger.utkin@xxxxxxxxx>

Hmm, while it is true that get_ipipe_mode returns an int, but
the consequent call to regw_ip takes an u32 as its second
argument. Did it cause a build warning for you? (Can't really
check since I don't have ARM cross compilers close-by)
If not, then:

Reviewed-by: Levente Kurusa <lkurusa@xxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks,
Levente Kurusa
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