[PATCH] staging/rtlwifi: use s8 instead of char

Arnd Bergmann arnd at arndb.de
Wed Jun 15 20:35:22 UTC 2016


Compiling the rtlwifi drivers for ARM with gcc -Wextra warns about lots of
incorrect code that results from 'char' being unsigned here, e.g.

staging/rtl8192e/rtl8192e/r8192E_phy.c:1072:36: error: comparison is always false due to limited range of data type [-Werror=type-limits]
staging/rtl8192e/rtl8192e/r8192E_phy.c:1104:36: error: comparison is always false due to limited range of data type [-Werror=type-limits]
staging/rtl8192e/rtl8192e/rtl_core.c:1987:16: error: comparison is always false due to limited range of data type [-Werror=type-limits]
staging/rtl8192e/rtl8192e/rtl_dm.c:782:37: error: comparison is always false due to limited range of data type [-Werror=type-limits]
staging/rtl8192e/rtl819x_TSProc.c:326:14: error: comparison is always true due to limited range of data type [-Werror=type-limits]
staging/rtl8192e/rtllib_softmac_wx.c:465:16: error: comparison is always false due to limited range of data type [-Werror=type-limits]
staging/rtl8192u/r8192U_core.c:4150:16: error: comparison is always false due to limited range of data type [-Werror=type-limits]
staging/rtl8192u/r8192U_dm.c:646:50: error: comparison is always false due to limited range of data type [-Werror=type-limits]

This patch changes all uses of 'char' in these drivers that refer to
8-bit integers to use 's8' instead, which is signed on all architectures.

Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd at arndb.de>
---
 drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_ap.c        |  2 +-
 drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtl8192e/r8192E_dev.c |  8 ++++----
 drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtl8192e/r8192E_phy.c |  2 +-
 drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtl8192e/rtl_core.c   |  6 +++---
 drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtl8192e/rtl_core.h   |  8 ++++----
 drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtl819x_TSProc.c      |  2 +-
 drivers/staging/rtl8192u/ieee80211/ieee80211.h |  4 ++--
 drivers/staging/rtl8192u/r8192U.h              |  4 ++--
 drivers/staging/rtl8192u/r8192U_core.c         | 14 +++++++-------
 9 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 25 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_ap.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_ap.c
index a5755358cc5d..322a7def07d2 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_ap.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_ap.c
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ void	expire_timeout_chk(struct adapter *padapter)
 	struct sta_info *psta = NULL;
 	struct sta_priv *pstapriv = &padapter->stapriv;
 	u8 chk_alive_num = 0;
-	char chk_alive_list[NUM_STA];
+	s8 chk_alive_list[NUM_STA];
 	int i;
 
 	spin_lock_bh(&pstapriv->auth_list_lock);
diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtl8192e/r8192E_dev.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtl8192e/r8192E_dev.c
index ba64a4f1b3a8..8d6bca61e7aa 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtl8192e/r8192E_dev.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtl8192e/r8192E_dev.c
@@ -1487,8 +1487,8 @@ static void _rtl92e_query_rxphystatus(
 	struct phy_ofdm_rx_status_rxsc_sgien_exintfflag *prxsc;
 	u8 *prxpkt;
 	u8 i, max_spatial_stream, tmp_rxsnr, tmp_rxevm, rxsc_sgien_exflg;
-	char rx_pwr[4], rx_pwr_all = 0;
-	char rx_snrX, rx_evmX;
+	s8 rx_pwr[4], rx_pwr_all = 0;
+	s8 rx_snrX, rx_evmX;
 	u8 evm, pwdb_all;
 	u32 RSSI, total_rssi = 0;
 	u8 is_cck_rate = 0;
@@ -1613,7 +1613,7 @@ static void _rtl92e_query_rxphystatus(
 				     2) - 110;
 
 			tmp_rxsnr = pofdm_buf->rxsnr_X[i];
-			rx_snrX = (char)(tmp_rxsnr);
+			rx_snrX = (s8)(tmp_rxsnr);
 			rx_snrX /= 2;
 			priv->stats.rxSNRdB[i] = (long)rx_snrX;
 
@@ -1643,7 +1643,7 @@ static void _rtl92e_query_rxphystatus(
 
 		for (i = 0; i < max_spatial_stream; i++) {
 			tmp_rxevm = pofdm_buf->rxevm_X[i];
-			rx_evmX = (char)(tmp_rxevm);
+			rx_evmX = (s8)(tmp_rxevm);
 
 			rx_evmX /= 2;
 
diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtl8192e/r8192E_phy.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtl8192e/r8192E_phy.c
index 5e3bbe5c3ca4..0698131e4300 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtl8192e/r8192E_phy.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtl8192e/r8192E_phy.c
@@ -630,7 +630,7 @@ void rtl92e_set_tx_power(struct net_device *dev, u8 channel)
 {
 	struct r8192_priv *priv = rtllib_priv(dev);
 	u8	powerlevel = 0, powerlevelOFDM24G = 0;
-	char ant_pwr_diff;
+	s8	ant_pwr_diff;
 	u32	u4RegValue;
 
 	if (priv->epromtype == EEPROM_93C46) {
diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtl8192e/rtl_core.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtl8192e/rtl_core.c
index 13a5ddc2bea5..41e05f206300 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtl8192e/rtl_core.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtl8192e/rtl_core.c
@@ -1982,7 +1982,7 @@ void rtl92e_update_rx_statistics(struct r8192_priv *priv,
 					weighting) / 6;
 }
 
-u8 rtl92e_rx_db_to_percent(char antpower)
+u8 rtl92e_rx_db_to_percent(s8 antpower)
 {
 	if ((antpower <= -100) || (antpower >= 20))
 		return	0;
@@ -1993,9 +1993,9 @@ u8 rtl92e_rx_db_to_percent(char antpower)
 
 }	/* QueryRxPwrPercentage */
 
-u8 rtl92e_evm_db_to_percent(char value)
+u8 rtl92e_evm_db_to_percent(s8 value)
 {
-	char ret_val;
+	s8 ret_val;
 
 	ret_val = value;
 
diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtl8192e/rtl_core.h b/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtl8192e/rtl_core.h
index f627fdc15a58..6921125c9d35 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtl8192e/rtl_core.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtl8192e/rtl_core.h
@@ -503,8 +503,8 @@ struct r8192_priv {
 	u32 Pwr_Track;
 	u8 CCKPresentAttentuation_20Mdefault;
 	u8 CCKPresentAttentuation_40Mdefault;
-	char CCKPresentAttentuation_difference;
-	char CCKPresentAttentuation;
+	s8 CCKPresentAttentuation_difference;
+	s8 CCKPresentAttentuation;
 	long undecorated_smoothed_pwdb;
 
 	u32 MCSTxPowerLevelOriginalOffset[6];
@@ -604,8 +604,8 @@ void rtl92e_update_rx_pkt_timestamp(struct net_device *dev,
 long rtl92e_translate_to_dbm(struct r8192_priv *priv, u8 signal_strength_index);
 void rtl92e_update_rx_statistics(struct r8192_priv *priv,
 				 struct rtllib_rx_stats *pprevious_stats);
-u8 rtl92e_evm_db_to_percent(char value);
-u8 rtl92e_rx_db_to_percent(char antpower);
+u8 rtl92e_evm_db_to_percent(s8 value);
+u8 rtl92e_rx_db_to_percent(s8 antpower);
 void rtl92e_copy_mpdu_stats(struct rtllib_rx_stats *psrc_stats,
 			    struct rtllib_rx_stats *ptarget_stats);
 bool rtl92e_enable_nic(struct net_device *dev);
diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtl819x_TSProc.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtl819x_TSProc.c
index 2c8a526773ed..e0a2fe5e6148 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtl819x_TSProc.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtl819x_TSProc.c
@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ bool GetTs(struct rtllib_device *ieee, struct ts_common_info **ppTS,
 	if (ieee->current_network.qos_data.supported == 0) {
 		UP = 0;
 	} else {
-		if (!IsACValid(TID)) {
+		if (!IsACValid((s8)TID)) {
 			netdev_warn(ieee->dev, "%s(): TID(%d) is not valid\n",
 				    __func__, TID);
 			return false;
diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8192u/ieee80211/ieee80211.h b/drivers/staging/rtl8192u/ieee80211/ieee80211.h
index 68931e5ecd8f..7f1e9cecb73d 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8192u/ieee80211/ieee80211.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8192u/ieee80211/ieee80211.h
@@ -746,7 +746,7 @@ struct ieee80211_rx_stats {
 	bool		  bisrxaggrsubframe;
 	bool		  bPacketBeacon;	//cosa add for rssi
 	bool		  bToSelfBA;		//cosa add for rssi
-	char	  cck_adc_pwdb[4];	//cosa add for rx path selection
+	s8		  cck_adc_pwdb[4];	//cosa add for rx path selection
 	u16		  Seq_Num;
 
 };
@@ -1814,7 +1814,7 @@ struct ieee80211_device {
 	u32 wpax_type_notify; //{added by David, 2006.9.26}
 
 	/* QoS related flag */
-	char init_wmmparam_flag;
+	s8  init_wmmparam_flag;
 	/* set on initialization */
 	u8  qos_support;
 
diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8192u/r8192U.h b/drivers/staging/rtl8192u/r8192U.h
index 7b198be34c54..efaef281d3ff 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8192u/r8192U.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8192u/r8192U.h
@@ -533,7 +533,7 @@ typedef struct _rt_9x_tx_rate_history {
 	u32             ht_mcs[4][16];
 } rt_tx_rahis_t, *prt_tx_rahis_t;
 typedef struct _RT_SMOOTH_DATA_4RF {
-	char    elements[4][100]; /* array to store values */
+	s8    elements[4][100]; /* array to store values */
 	u32     index;            /* index to current array to store */
 	u32     TotalNum;         /* num of valid elements */
 	u32     TotalVal[4];      /* sum of valid elements */
@@ -1032,7 +1032,7 @@ typedef struct r8192_priv {
 	s8 cck_present_attentuation;
 	u8 cck_present_attentuation_20Mdefault;
 	u8 cck_present_attentuation_40Mdefault;
-	char cck_present_attentuation_difference;
+	s8 cck_present_attentuation_difference;
 	bool btxpower_tracking;
 	bool bcck_in_ch14;
 	bool btxpowerdata_readfromEEPORM;
diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8192u/r8192U_core.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8192u/r8192U_core.c
index 8c1d73719147..7479148b046b 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8192u/r8192U_core.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8192u/r8192U_core.c
@@ -4145,7 +4145,7 @@ static void rtl8192_process_phyinfo(struct r8192_priv *priv, u8 *buffer,
  *
  * Return:		0-100 percentage
  *---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
-static u8 rtl819x_query_rxpwrpercentage(char antpower)
+static u8 rtl819x_query_rxpwrpercentage(s8 antpower)
 {
 	if ((antpower <= -100) || (antpower >= 20))
 		return	0;
@@ -4156,9 +4156,9 @@ static u8 rtl819x_query_rxpwrpercentage(char antpower)
 
 }	/* QueryRxPwrPercentage */
 
-static u8 rtl819x_evm_dbtopercentage(char value)
+static u8 rtl819x_evm_dbtopercentage(s8 value)
 {
-	char ret_val;
+	s8 ret_val;
 
 	ret_val = value;
 
@@ -4233,8 +4233,8 @@ static void rtl8192_query_rxphystatus(struct r8192_priv *priv,
 	phy_ofdm_rx_status_rxsc_sgien_exintfflag *prxsc;
 	u8	*prxpkt;
 	u8	i, max_spatial_stream, tmp_rxsnr, tmp_rxevm, rxsc_sgien_exflg;
-	char	rx_pwr[4], rx_pwr_all = 0;
-	char	rx_snrX, rx_evmX;
+	s8	rx_pwr[4], rx_pwr_all = 0;
+	s8	rx_snrX, rx_evmX;
 	u8	evm, pwdb_all;
 	u32	RSSI, total_rssi = 0;
 	u8	is_cck_rate = 0;
@@ -4359,7 +4359,7 @@ static void rtl8192_query_rxphystatus(struct r8192_priv *priv,
 
 			/* Get Rx snr value in DB */
 			tmp_rxsnr =	pofdm_buf->rxsnr_X[i];
-			rx_snrX = (char)(tmp_rxsnr);
+			rx_snrX = (s8)(tmp_rxsnr);
 			rx_snrX /= 2;
 			priv->stats.rxSNRdB[i] = (long)rx_snrX;
 
@@ -4393,7 +4393,7 @@ static void rtl8192_query_rxphystatus(struct r8192_priv *priv,
 
 		for (i = 0; i < max_spatial_stream; i++) {
 			tmp_rxevm =	pofdm_buf->rxevm_X[i];
-			rx_evmX = (char)(tmp_rxevm);
+			rx_evmX = (s8)(tmp_rxevm);
 
 			/* Do not use shift operation like "rx_evmX >>= 1"
 			 * because the compiler of free build environment will
-- 
2.9.0



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