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DateSun, 08 Jan 2006 08:52:26 +0100
FromMiloslav Trmac <>
Subject[PATCH] wistron_btns: Fix missing BIOS signature handling, take 2
Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
> On Sunday 08 January 2006 01:39, Miloslav Trmac wrote:
> 
>>offset can never be < 0 because it has type size_t.  The driver
>>currently oopses on insmod if BIOS does not support the interface,
>>instead of refusing to load.
> 
> I don't really like that casting, should we just change offset to ssize_t?
Sure.
	Mirek
offset can never be < 0 because it has type size_t.  The driver
currently oopses on insmod if BIOS does not support the interface,
instead of refusing to load.

Signed-off-by: Miloslav Trmac <mitr@volny.cz>

--- a/drivers/input/misc/wistron_btns.c	Sun Jan  8 06:30:59 2006
+++ b/drivers/input/misc/wistron_btns.c	Sun Jan  8 08:46:26 2006
@@ -92,11 +92,11 @@
 	preempt_enable();
 }
 
-static size_t __init locate_wistron_bios(void __iomem *base)
+static ssize_t __init locate_wistron_bios(void __iomem *base)
 {
 	static const unsigned char __initdata signature[] =
 		{ 0x42, 0x21, 0x55, 0x30 };
-	size_t offset;
+	ssize_t offset;
 
 	for (offset = 0; offset < 0x10000; offset += 0x10) {
 		if (check_signature(base + offset, signature,
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@
 static int __init map_bios(void)
 {
 	void __iomem *base;
-	size_t offset;
+	ssize_t offset;
 	u32 entry_point;
 
 	base = ioremap(0xF0000, 0x10000); /* Can't fail */
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