Re: [PATCH] selftests: cgroup: Fix unsigned expression compared with zero

From: Tejun Heo
Date: Wed Apr 27 2022 - 12:22:37 EST


On Wed, Apr 27, 2022 at 02:17:56PM +0800, Jiapeng Chong wrote:
> Fix the following coccicheck warnings:
>
> ./tools/testing/selftests/cgroup/cgroup_util.c:566:8-12: WARNING:
> Unsigned expression compared with zero: size < 0.
>
> Reported-by: Abaci Robot <abaci@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Jiapeng Chong <jiapeng.chong@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> tools/testing/selftests/cgroup/cgroup_util.c | 2 +-
> tools/testing/selftests/cgroup/cgroup_util.h | 2 +-
> 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/cgroup/cgroup_util.c b/tools/testing/selftests/cgroup/cgroup_util.c
> index 4c52cc6f2f9c..661e06b94a43 100644
> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/cgroup/cgroup_util.c
> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/cgroup/cgroup_util.c
> @@ -552,7 +552,7 @@ int proc_mount_contains(const char *option)
> return strstr(buf, option) != NULL;
> }
>
> -ssize_t proc_read_text(int pid, bool thread, const char *item, char *buf, size_t size)
> +ssize_t proc_read_text(int pid, bool thread, const char *item, char *buf, ssize_t size)

Converting input size parameter to ssize_t doesn't make sense. I don't see
where it's doing size < 0 either but that's probably where it should be
fixed.

--
tejun