Re: [PATCH] video: fbdev: sis: use explicitly signed char

From: Jason A. Donenfeld
Date: Tue Oct 25 2022 - 09:00:21 EST


On Mon, Oct 24, 2022 at 8:29 PM Helge Deller <deller@xxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On 10/24/22 18:29, Jason A. Donenfeld wrote:
> > With char becoming unsigned by default, and with `char` alone being
> > ambiguous and based on architecture, signed chars need to be marked
> > explicitly as such. This fixes warnings like:
> >
> > drivers/video/fbdev/sis/init301.c:3549 SiS_GetCRT2Data301() warn: 'SiS_Pr->SiS_EModeIDTable[ModeIdIndex]->ROMMODEIDX661' is unsigned
> >
> > Cc: Thomas Winischhofer <thomas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Helge Deller <deller@xxxxxx>
> > Cc: linux-usb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Cc: linux-fbdev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Cc: dri-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Signed-off-by: Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> Applied to linux-fbdev git tree.

For 6.1 as a fix, right? Since this is already broken on, e.g., ARM.

Jason