Re: [PATCH v2] mtd: change len type from signed to unsigned type

From: Huijin Park
Date: Wed Nov 28 2018 - 09:51:24 EST


Hi MiquÃl,

On Thu, Nov 15, 2018 at 6:29 PM Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Hi Huijin,
>
> Huijin Park <huijin.park@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote on Thu, 15 Nov 2018
> 00:07:10 -0500:
>
> > From: "huijin.park" <huijin.park@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > This patch casts the "len" parameter to an unsigned int.
> > The callers of erase_write() pass the "len" parameter as unsigned int.
>
> Indeed. Perhaps it is worth backporting this patch to a stable releases?
>

It doesn't need backporting.
Because this patch is for enforcing code correctness.

> >
> > Signed-off-by: huijin.park <huijin.park@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > drivers/mtd/mtdblock.c | 2 +-
> > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/mtd/mtdblock.c b/drivers/mtd/mtdblock.c
> > index a5b1933..b2d5ed1 100644
> > --- a/drivers/mtd/mtdblock.c
> > +++ b/drivers/mtd/mtdblock.c
> > @@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ struct mtdblk_dev {
> > */
> >
> > static int erase_write (struct mtd_info *mtd, unsigned long pos,
> > - int len, const char *buf)
> > + unsigned int len, const char *buf)
> > {
> > struct erase_info erase;
> > size_t retlen;
>
> Reviewed-by: Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>
>
> Thanks,
> MiquÃl

Thanks,
Huijin