Re: [PATCH] ipvs: use explicitly signed chars

[Jason A. Donenfeld]

Hi Pablo,

On Wed, Oct 26, 2022 at 2:34 PM Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason@xxxxxxxxx> 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 <pablo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Julian Anastasov <ja@xxxxxx>
> Cc: Simon Horman <horms@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Signed-off-by: Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason@xxxxxxxxx>

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

Thanks,
Jason