[Intel-wired-lan] [next PATCH S5 03/10] i40e: Use signed variable

[Bowers, AndrewX]

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> From: Intel-wired-lan [mailto:intel-wired-lan-bounces at osuosl.org] On
> Behalf Of Alice Michael
> Sent: Wednesday, April 24, 2019 5:21 AM
> To: Michael, Alice <alice.michael at intel.com>; intel-wired-
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> Subject: [Intel-wired-lan] [next PATCH S5 03/10] i40e: Use signed variable
> 
> From: Mitch Williams <mitch.a.williams at intel.com>
> 
> The counter variable in i40e_clean_tx_irq starts out negative and climbs to 0.
> So it should not be defined as a u16. This was working by accident due to the
> fact the u16 overflows and underflows predictably.
> 
> Replace the u16 with int, which is signed and can handle the negativity.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Mitch Williams <mitch.a.williams at intel.com>
> ---
>  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_txrx.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

Tested-by: Andrew Bowers <andrewx.bowers at intel.com>