Re: [PATCH net-next] bnxt_en: Remove unnecessary unsigned integer comparison and initialize variable

From: David Miller
Date: Sun Oct 07 2018 - 23:37:43 EST


From: "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2018 22:12:09 +0200

> There is no need to compare *val.vu32* with < 0 because
> such variable is of type u32 (32 bits, unsigned), making it
> impossible to hold a negative value. Fix this by removing
> such comparison.
>
> Also, initialize variable *max_val* to -1, just in case
> it is not initialized to either BNXT_MSIX_VEC_MAX or
> BNXT_MSIX_VEC_MIN_MAX before using it in a comparison
> with val.vu32 at line 159:
>
> if (val.vu32 > max_val)
>
> Addresses-Coverity-ID: 1473915 ("Unsigned compared against 0")
> Addresses-Coverity-ID: 1473920 ("Uninitialized scalar variable")
> Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <gustavo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Applied.