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Re: [PATCH 2/2] bisect: avoid signed integer overflow

From
John Keeping <john@keeping.me.uk>
Date
Apr 3, 2013, 19:17 UTC
Message-ID
<20130403191755.GI2222@serenity.lan>
In-Reply-To
<7vzjxgabd6.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org>
Signed-off-by: John Keeping <john@keeping.me.uk>
---
Changes since v1:
- Change the function signature instead of casting a value in the
  function.
- This lets us remove an existing cast.
 bisect.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/bisect.c b/bisect.c
index bd1b7b5..374d9e2 100644
--- a/bisect.c
+++ b/bisect.c
@@ -525,9 +525,9 @@ struct commit_list *filter_skipped(struct commit_list *list,
  * is increased by one between each call, but that should not matter
  * for this application.
  */
-static int get_prn(int count) {
+static unsigned get_prn(unsigned count) {
 	count = count * 1103515245 + 12345;
-	return ((unsigned)(count/65536) % PRN_MODULO);
+	return (count/65536) % PRN_MODULO;
 }
 
 /*
-- 
1.8.2.540.gf023cfe
Previous: Junio C Hamano
Message 9 of 9 in “Fixes for undefined behaviour”
  1. 0/2 Fixes for undefined behaviourJohn Keeping, Apr 2, 2013
  2. 1/2 diffcore-break: don't divide by zeroJohn Keeping, Apr 2, 2013
  3. Junio C HamanoApr 2, 2013
  4. John KeepingApr 2, 2013
  5. Junio C HamanoApr 2, 2013
  6. diffcore-break: don't divide by zeroJohn Keeping, Apr 3, 2013
  7. 2/2 bisect: avoid signed integer overflowJohn Keeping, Apr 2, 2013
  8. Junio C HamanoApr 2, 2013
  9. John KeepingApr 3, 2013

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