Re: [PATCH v2] xen: Fix implicit type conversion

[Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On 10/26/21 5:59 AM, Jiamei Xie wrote:
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Xen-devel <xen-devel-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> On Behalf Of
> > Juergen Gross
> > Sent: 2021年10月26日 15:36
> > To: Jiasheng Jiang <jiasheng@xxxxxxxxxxx>; boris.ostrovsky@xxxxxxxxxx;
> > sstabellini@xxxxxxxxxx
> > Cc: xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] xen: Fix implicit type conversion
> >
> > On 26.10.21 09:32, Jiasheng Jiang wrote:
> > > The variable 'i' is defined as UINT.
> > > However in the for_each_possible_cpu, its value is assigned to -1.
> > > That doesn't make sense and in the cpumask_next() it is implicitly
> > > type conversed to INT.
> > > It is universally accepted that the implicit type conversion is
> > > terrible.
> > > Also, having the good programming custom will set an example for
> > > others.
> > > Thus, it might be better to change the definition of 'i' from UINT
> > > to INT.
> > >
> > > Fixes: 3fac101 ("xen: Re-upload processor PM data to hypervisor after S3
> > resume (v2)")
> > > Signed-off-by: Jiasheng Jiang <jiasheng@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Reviewed-by: Juergen Gross <jgross@xxxxxxxx>
> >
> >
> > Juergen
> [Jiamei Xie]
> Reviewed-by: Jiamei Xie <jiamei.xie@xxxxxxx>


Applied to for-linus-5.16


-boris