Re: [PATCH v10 rdma-next] RDMA: Change capability fields in ib_device_attr from int to u32
Leon Romanovsky <[email protected]>
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On Wed, 08 Jul 2026 22:51:29 -0700, Erni Sri Satya Vennela wrote:
> The capability counter fields in struct ib_device_attr are declared
> as signed int, but these values are inherently non-negative. Drivers
> maintain their cached caps as u32 and assign them directly into these
> int fields; if a cap exceeds INT_MAX the implicit narrowing yields a
> negative value visible to the IB core.
>
> Change the signed int capability fields to u32 to match the
> underlying nature of the data. Also update consumers across the IB
> core, ULPs, NVMe-oF target, RDS, and NFS/RDMA so the new u32 values
> are not forced back through signed int or u8 via min()/min_t() or
> narrowing local variables.
>
> [...]
Applied, thanks!
[1/1] RDMA: Change capability fields in ib_device_attr from int to u32
https://git.kernel.org/rdma/rdma/c/eebd08d91ddbd6
Best regards,
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Leon Romanovsky <[email protected]>