[PATCH 06/10] mfd: ab3100-core: Fix incompatible types in comparison expression warning
Linus Walleij
linus.walleij at linaro.org
Tue Jul 7 08:33:36 EDT 2020
On Wed, Jun 24, 2020 at 5:07 PM Lee Jones <lee.jones at linaro.org> wrote:
> Smatch reports:
>
> drivers/mfd/ab3100-core.c:501:20: error: incompatible types in comparison expression (different type sizes):
> drivers/mfd/ab3100-core.c:501:20: unsigned int *
> drivers/mfd/ab3100-core.c:501:20: unsigned long *
> drivers/mfd/ab8500-debugfs.c:1804:20: error: incompatible types in comparison expression (different type sizes):
> drivers/mfd/ab8500-debugfs.c:1804:20: unsigned int *
> drivers/mfd/ab8500-debugfs.c:1804:20: unsigned long *
>
> Since the second min() argument can be less than 0 a signed
> variable is required for assignment. However, the non-sized
> type size_t is passed in from the userspace handlers. In order
> to firstly compare, then assign the smallest value, we firstly
> need to cast them both to the same as the receiving size_t typed
> variable.
>
> Cc: <stable at vger.kernel.org>
> Cc: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij at linaro.org>
> Signed-off-by: Lee Jones <lee.jones at linaro.org>
Reviewed-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij at linaro.org>
Yours,
Linus Walleij
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