Re: [PATCH] ipvs: use explicitly signed chars

"Jason A. Donenfeld" <[email protected]>
Newsgroups org.kernel.vger.lvs-devel,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel,org.kernel.vger.netdev,org.kernel.vger.netfilter-devel,org.kernel.vger.stable
Message-ID <CAHmME9phbAJEbogBVZqmmb+44_V--rG_L5hAZCWeJVJy6-W7ag@mail.gmail.com>
Hi Pablo,

On Wed, Oct 26, 2022 at 2:34 PM Jason A. Donenfeld <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> The `char` type with no explicit sign is sometimes signed and sometimes
> unsigned. This code will break on platforms such as arm, where char is
> unsigned. So mark it here as explicitly signed, so that the
> todrop_counter decrement and subsequent comparison is correct.
>
> Cc: Pablo Neira Ayuso <[email protected]>
> Cc: Julian Anastasov <[email protected]>
> Cc: Simon Horman <[email protected]>
> Cc: [email protected]
> Signed-off-by: Jason A. Donenfeld <[email protected]>

Wondering if you planned on taking this into nf.git for 6.1?

Thanks,
Jason
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