Re: [PATCH v3 3/9] x86/microcode/AMD: install_equiv_cpu_table() should not return (signed) int

From: Borislav Petkov
Date: Wed Mar 14 2018 - 19:58:54 EST


On Thu, Mar 15, 2018 at 12:46:05AM +0100, Maciej S. Szmigiero wrote:
> The maximum possible value returned by install_equiv_cpu_table() of
> UINT_MAX + CONTAINER_HDR_SZ comes from the maximum value of this 'size'
> variable (that is UINT_MAX) plus the header length of CONTAINER_HDR_SZ.
> This won't fit in 'int' type, hence this patch.

So make it fit by returning an unsigned int.

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Regards/Gruss,
Boris.

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