On Sun, Dec 20, 2015 at 09:19:20AM +0100, SF Markus Elfring wrote: > From: Markus Elfring <elfr...@users.sourceforge.net> > Date: Sun, 20 Dec 2015 09:09:34 +0100 > > The data type "int" was used by the variable "result" in the > function "posix_clock_poll" even though the type "uint" will usually > be needed for the return value from a call of the function which was > assigned to the pointer "poll" of the variable "clk". > Reuse the type from this poll call instead. > > This issue was detected by using the Coccinelle software.
Coccinelle has pointed out a type mismatch. This fact may or may not indicate a real problem. You need to analyze code to see if there is a problem and then fix the problem. In this case, there is indeed a problem. However, just changing the type won't fix it. Thanks, Richard -- 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/
