The function can return negative values, so its result should be assigned to signed variable.
The problem has been detected using proposed semantic patch scripts/coccinelle/tests/assign_signed_to_unsigned.cocci [1]. [1]: http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/2046107 Signed-off-by: Andrzej Hajda <a.ha...@samsung.com> --- drivers/rtc/rtc-rv8803.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/rtc/rtc-rv8803.c b/drivers/rtc/rtc-rv8803.c index e7329e2..f883aa2 100644 --- a/drivers/rtc/rtc-rv8803.c +++ b/drivers/rtc/rtc-rv8803.c @@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ static irqreturn_t rv8803_handle_irq(int irq, void *dev_id) struct i2c_client *client = dev_id; struct rv8803_data *rv8803 = i2c_get_clientdata(client); unsigned long events = 0; - u8 flags; + int flags; spin_lock(&rv8803->flags_lock); -- 1.9.1 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
