Re: [PATCH] 3c515: fix integer overflow warning

From: David Miller
Date: Tue Mar 19 2019 - 18:08:12 EST


From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2019 22:15:58 +0100

> clang points out a harmless signed integer overflow:
>
> drivers/net/ethernet/3com/3c515.c:1530:66: error: implicit conversion from 'int' to 'short' changes value from 32783 to -32753 [-Werror,-Wconstant-conversion]
> new_mode = SetRxFilter | RxStation | RxMulticast | RxBroadcast | RxProm;
> ~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^~~~~~~~
> drivers/net/ethernet/3com/3c515.c:1532:52: error: implicit conversion from 'int' to 'short' changes value from 32775 to -32761 [-Werror,-Wconstant-conversion]
> new_mode = SetRxFilter | RxStation | RxMulticast | RxBroadcast;
> ~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^~~~~~~~~~~~~
> drivers/net/ethernet/3com/3c515.c:1534:38: error: implicit conversion from 'int' to 'short' changes value from 32773 to -32763 [-Werror,-Wconstant-conversion]
> new_mode = SetRxFilter | RxStation | RxBroadcast;
> ~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> Make the variable unsigned to avoid the overflow.
>
> Fixes: Linux-2.1.128pre1
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>

Applied.