RE: [PATCH v2] xen: Fix implicit type conversion

From: Jiamei Xie
Date: Tue Oct 26 2021 - 05:59:48 EST




> -----Original Message-----
> From: Xen-devel <xen-devel-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> On Behalf Of
> Juergen Gross
> Sent: 2021年10月26日 15:36
> To: Jiasheng Jiang <jiasheng@xxxxxxxxxxx>; boris.ostrovsky@xxxxxxxxxx;
> sstabellini@xxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] xen: Fix implicit type conversion
>
> On 26.10.21 09:32, Jiasheng Jiang wrote:
> > The variable 'i' is defined as UINT.
> > However in the for_each_possible_cpu, its value is assigned to -1.
> > That doesn't make sense and in the cpumask_next() it is implicitly
> > type conversed to INT.
> > It is universally accepted that the implicit type conversion is
> > terrible.
> > Also, having the good programming custom will set an example for
> > others.
> > Thus, it might be better to change the definition of 'i' from UINT
> > to INT.
> >
> > Fixes: 3fac101 ("xen: Re-upload processor PM data to hypervisor after S3
> resume (v2)")
> > Signed-off-by: Jiasheng Jiang <jiasheng@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Reviewed-by: Juergen Gross <jgross@xxxxxxxx>
>
>
> Juergen

[Jiamei Xie]
Reviewed-by: Jiamei Xie <jiamei.xie@xxxxxxx>