The function can return negative value. 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 <[email protected]> --- Hi, To avoid problems with too many mail recipients I have sent whole patchset only to LKML. Anyway patches have no dependencies. Regards Andrzej --- drivers/dma/xgene-dma.c | 9 ++++++--- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/dma/xgene-dma.c b/drivers/dma/xgene-dma.c index b23e8d5..c83ae75 100644 --- a/drivers/dma/xgene-dma.c +++ b/drivers/dma/xgene-dma.c @@ -1421,15 +1421,18 @@ static int xgene_dma_create_ring_one(struct xgene_dma_chan *chan, struct xgene_dma_ring *ring, enum xgene_dma_ring_cfgsize cfgsize) { + int ret; + /* Setup DMA ring descriptor variables */ ring->pdma = chan->pdma; ring->cfgsize = cfgsize; ring->num = chan->pdma->ring_num++; ring->id = XGENE_DMA_RING_ID_GET(ring->owner, ring->buf_num); - ring->size = xgene_dma_get_ring_size(chan, cfgsize); - if (ring->size <= 0) - return ring->size; + ret = xgene_dma_get_ring_size(chan, cfgsize); + if (ret <= 0) + return ret; + ring->size = ret; /* Allocate memory for DMA ring descriptor */ ring->desc_vaddr = dma_zalloc_coherent(chan->dev, ring->size, -- 1.9.1 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
