[PATCH] UBI: Fix check on unsigned in ytes_str_to_int()

Roel Kluin roel.kluin at gmail.com
Fri Oct 16 08:00:17 EDT 2009


result is unsigned, the wrong check was used.

Signed-off-by: Roel Kluin <roel.kluin at gmail.com>
---
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/ubi/build.c b/drivers/mtd/ubi/build.c
index e1f7d0a..14cec04 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/ubi/build.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/ubi/build.c
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
 #include <linux/log2.h>
 #include <linux/kthread.h>
 #include <linux/reboot.h>
+#include <linux/kernel.h>
 #include "ubi.h"
 
 /* Maximum length of the 'mtd=' parameter */
@@ -1257,7 +1258,7 @@ static int __init bytes_str_to_int(const char *str)
 	unsigned long result;
 
 	result = simple_strtoul(str, &endp, 0);
-	if (str == endp || result < 0) {
+	if (str == endp || result >= INT_MAX) {
 		printk(KERN_ERR "UBI error: incorrect bytes count: \"%s\"\n",
 		       str);
 		return -EINVAL;



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