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authorPablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>2010-04-05 17:36:42 +0200
committerPablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>2010-04-05 17:36:42 +0200
commit73661922bc3b7ebf1225d8273147ab4a87757008 (patch)
treef78e7c3fcc01a82f323a7b8a58145de93e5897c3 /src/attr.c
parent6e64a11b6d146635bd0e02fa8c9160e73f4c48a9 (diff)
fix warning in compilation due to different signess
msg.c: In function ‘mnl_nlmsg_ok’: msg.c:136: warning: comparison between signed and unsigned msg.c:138: warning: comparison between signed and unsigned attr.c: In function ‘mnl_attr_ok’: attr.c:79: warning: comparison between signed and unsigned Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'src/attr.c')
-rw-r--r--src/attr.c7
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/attr.c b/src/attr.c
index 2ec6dce..af12a47 100644
--- a/src/attr.c
+++ b/src/attr.c
@@ -73,12 +73,15 @@ void *mnl_attr_get_data(const struct nlattr *attr)
* This function is used to check that a buffer that contains an attribute
* has enough room for the attribute that it stores, ie. this function can
* be used to verify that an attribute is neither malformed nor truncated.
+ *
+ * The @len parameter may become negative in malformed messages during
+ * attribute iteration, that is why we use a signed integer.
*/
int mnl_attr_ok(const struct nlattr *attr, int len)
{
- return len >= sizeof(struct nlattr) &&
+ return len >= (int)sizeof(struct nlattr) &&
attr->nla_len >= sizeof(struct nlattr) &&
- attr->nla_len <= len;
+ (int)attr->nla_len <= len;
}
/**