Re: [PATCH v3] wifi: rt2x00: use explicitly signed or unsigned types

From: Kalle Valo
Date: Fri Oct 21 2022 - 03:00:58 EST


"Jason A. Donenfeld" <Jason@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On some platforms, `char` is unsigned, but this driver, for the most
> part, assumed it was signed. In other places, it uses `char` to mean an
> unsigned number, but only in cases when the values are small. And in
> still other places, `char` is used as a boolean. Put an end to this
> confusion by declaring explicit types, depending on the context.
>
> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Stanislaw Gruszka <stf_xl@xxxxx>
> Cc: Helmut Schaa <helmut.schaa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Kalle Valo <kvalo@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason@xxxxxxxxx>
> Acked-by: Stanislaw Gruszka <stf_xl@xxxxx>

Patch applied to wireless.git, thanks.

66063033f77e wifi: rt2x00: use explicitly signed or unsigned types

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