Re: [PATCH 1/2] drm/edid: Use unsigned int in drm_add_modes_noedid()

[Lyude Paul]

On Wed, 2025-03-26 at 12:39 +0200, Jani Nikula wrote:
> On Tue, 25 Mar 2025, Lyude Paul <lyude@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > A negative resolution doesn't really make any sense, no one goes into a TV
> > store and says "Hello sir, I would like a negative 4K TV please", that
> > would make everyone look at you funny.
> 
> That is largely the point, though. You know something fishy is going on
> when you have a negative resolution. Nobody blinks an eye when you ask
> for 4294963K telly, but it's still just as bonkers as that negative 4K.
> 
> I think the change at hand is fine, but please let's not pretend using
> unsigned somehow protects us from negative numbers.

So - it actually does protect us to a limited extent on the rust side of
things. With CONFIG_RUST_OVERFLOW_CHECKS=y, arithematic checks are builtin to
the language. This isn't the default config of course, but it's better then
nothing.

I probably should have mentioned this in the commit message so I'll do that on
the next respin.
> 
> 
> BR,
> Jani.
> 
> 

-- 
Cheers,
 Lyude Paul (she/her)
 Software Engineer at Red Hat

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