Re: [PATCH v2] mm: shmem: Fix variable type to int to evaluate negative conditions

[Karan Sanghavi <karansanghvi98@gmail.com>]

On Wed, Nov 27, 2024 at 06:07:25PM +0000, Karan Sanghavi wrote:
> Use signed data type for version handling
> in shmem_parse_opt_casefold()
> 
> Fixes: 58e55efd6c72 ("tmpfs: Add casefold lookup support")
> Reviewed-by: André Almeida <andrealmeid@igalia.com>
> Reviewed-by: Gabriel Krisman Bertazi <gabriel@krisman.be>
> Signed-off-by: Karan Sanghavi <karansanghvi98@gmail.com>
> ---
> Coverity Message:
> CID 1601569: (#1 of 1): Unsigned compared against 0 (NO_EFFECT)
> unsigned_compare: This less-than-zero comparison of an unsigned 
> value is never true. version < 0U
> 
> Coverity Link:
> https://scan7.scan.coverity.com/#/project-view/10043/11354?selectedIssue=1601569
> ---
> Changes in v2:
> - Updated the log summary.
> - Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20241111-unsignedcompare1601569-v1-1-c4a9c3c75a52@gmail.com
> ---
>  mm/shmem.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/mm/shmem.c b/mm/shmem.c
> index 7987deb2be9b..17a1d4fa8870 100644
> --- a/mm/shmem.c
> +++ b/mm/shmem.c
> @@ -4367,7 +4367,7 @@ static int shmem_parse_opt_casefold(struct fs_context *fc, struct fs_parameter *
>  				    bool latest_version)
>  {
>  	struct shmem_options *ctx = fc->fs_private;
> -	unsigned int version = UTF8_LATEST;
> +	int version = UTF8_LATEST;
>  	struct unicode_map *encoding;
>  	char *version_str = param->string + 5;
>  
> 
> ---
> base-commit: 6d59cab07b8d74d0f0422b750038123334f6ecc2
> change-id: 20241111-unsignedcompare1601569-05b5932145ef
> 
> Best regards,
> -- 
> Karan Sanghavi <karansanghvi98@gmail.com>
> 

Hello Markus,
I hope you are doing great,

Can you please let me know by can I expect this patch to be applied since I have changed the log
summary as you have mentioned in the last mail. 
Please do let me know if there anything else to be done for it to get
accepted 

Thank you,
Karan.