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SubjectRe: [PATCH] irda: fix type of struct irda_ias_set.attribute.irda_attrib_string.len

On Tue, 11 Nov 2003, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo wrote:
>
> Ok, ias_opt->attribute.irda_attrib_string.len is __u8, but
> IAS_MAX_STRING = 256... so attribute.irda_attrib_string.len has to be at least
> __u18, this patch fix this, please see if it is appropriate and if it is so,
> apply.

No, please don't. This
(a) changes ABI structures that are exported to user space
(b) is unnecessary - since the problem is the _warning_, not the test.

Just shut the warning up by either removing the test (replacing it with a
comment about why it's unnecessary), or by adding a cast, ie

unsigned int len = ias_opt->attribute.irda_attrib_string.len;

if (len > IAS_MAX_STRING) {
...

in case the code ever expects IAS_MAX_STRING to be shorter (or if the type
is ever changed).

Linus

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