[PATCH] powerpc/powernv/pci: fix iterator signedness

Andrzej Hajda a.hajda at samsung.com
Wed Aug 17 20:03:05 AEST 2016


Unsigned type is always non-negative, so the loop could not end in case
condition is never true.

The problem has been detected using semantic patch
scripts/coccinelle/tests/unsigned_lesser_than_zero.cocci

Signed-off-by: Andrzej Hajda <a.hajda at samsung.com>
---
 arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/pci-ioda.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/pci-ioda.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/pci-ioda.c
index fd9444f..1321826 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/pci-ioda.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/pci-ioda.c
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ static void pnv_ioda_reserve_pe(struct pnv_phb *phb, int pe_no)
 
 static struct pnv_ioda_pe *pnv_ioda_alloc_pe(struct pnv_phb *phb)
 {
-	unsigned long pe = phb->ioda.total_pe_num - 1;
+	long pe;
 
 	for (pe = phb->ioda.total_pe_num - 1; pe >= 0; pe--) {
 		if (!test_and_set_bit(pe, phb->ioda.pe_alloc))
-- 
1.9.1



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