Re: [PATCH 1/2] ucount: Fix atomic_long_inc_below argument type

From: Eric W. Biederman
Date: Fri Jul 15 2022 - 14:24:22 EST


Uros Bizjak <ubizjak@xxxxxxxxx> writes:

> The type of u argument of atomic_long_inc_below should be long
> to avoid unwanted truncation to int.

Reviewed-by: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

>
> Fixes: f9c82a4ea89c ("Increase size of ucounts to atomic_long_t")
> Signed-off-by: Uros Bizjak <ubizjak@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> kernel/ucount.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/kernel/ucount.c b/kernel/ucount.c
> index 06ea04d44685..974ac1585009 100644
> --- a/kernel/ucount.c
> +++ b/kernel/ucount.c
> @@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ void put_ucounts(struct ucounts *ucounts)
> }
> }
>
> -static inline bool atomic_long_inc_below(atomic_long_t *v, int u)
> +static inline bool atomic_long_inc_below(atomic_long_t *v, long u)
> {
> long c, old;
> c = atomic_long_read(v);