In each case, the function has an unsigned return type, but returns a
negative constant to indicate an error condition. Each function is only
called once. For nforce2_detect_chipset, the result is only compared to 0,
and for longrun_determine_freqs, the result is stored in a variable of type
(signed) int. Thus, for both functions, unsigned can be dropped from the
return type.
A sematic match that finds this problem is as follows:
(http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/)
// <smpl>
@exists@
identifier f;
constant C;
@@
unsigned f(...)
{ <+...
* return -C;
...+> }
// </smpl>
Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <julia@diku.dk>
Signed-off-by: Dave Jones <davej@redhat.com>
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