Subject: Re: [PATCH] mt76: Fix comparisons with invalid hardware key index

From: Stanislaw Gruszka <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2018 10:08:18 +0200

On Thu, Aug 23, 2018 at 11:27:38PM +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> With gcc 4.1.2:
> 
>     drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt76x0/tx.c: In function ‘mt76x0_tx’:
>     drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt76x0/tx.c:169: warning: comparison is always true due to limited range of data type
>     drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt76x2_tx_common.c: In function ‘mt76x2_tx’:
>     drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt76x2_tx_common.c:35: warning: comparison is always true due to limited range of data type
> 
> While assigning -1 to a u8 works fine, comparing with -1 does not work
> as expected.
> 
> Fix this by comparing with 0xff, like is already done in some other
> places.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <[email-masked]>

Ack for mt76x0. I think Lorenzo already posted patch for mt76x2.

Thanks
Stanislaw