[PATCH 26/26] lib: fwts_alloc: use ptrdiff_t to ensure non-mixed type comparison

Keng-Yu Lin kengyu at canonical.com
Wed Oct 17 07:57:39 UTC 2012


On Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 4:32 AM, Colin King <colin.king at canonical.com> wrote:
> From: Colin Ian King <colin.king at canonical.com>
>
> When comparing difference of two pointers we should compare to
> a ptrdiff_t to avoid any messy non-mixed type comparisons.
>
> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king at canonical.com>
> ---
>  src/lib/src/fwts_alloc.c |    3 ++-
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/src/lib/src/fwts_alloc.c b/src/lib/src/fwts_alloc.c
> index 4495ad4..5c61478 100644
> --- a/src/lib/src/fwts_alloc.c
> +++ b/src/lib/src/fwts_alloc.c
> @@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
>  #include <string.h>
>  #include <stdio.h>
>  #include <unistd.h>
> +#include <stddef.h>
>
>  #include "fwts_alloc.h"
>
> @@ -75,7 +76,7 @@ static void *fwts_low_mmap(const size_t requested_size)
>
>                 if ((last_addr_end != NULL) &&
>                     (last_addr_end < (void*)LIMIT_2GB)) {
> -                       if ((addr_start - last_addr_end) > requested_size) {
> +                       if ((addr_start - last_addr_end) > (ptrdiff_t)requested_size) {
>                                 void *addr = last_addr_end;
>                                 ret = mmap(addr, requested_size, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE,
>                                         MAP_PRIVATE | MAP_FIXED | MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0);
> --
> 1.7.10.4
>
Acked-by: Keng-Yu Lin <kengyu at canonical.com>



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