[PATCH 24/59] support: Use CHAR_MAX as maximum value
Sam James
sam@gentoo.org
Mon Oct 20 16:45:09 GMT 2025
Adhemerval Zanella <adhemerval.zanella@linaro.org> writes:
> On ABIs with defined 'char' was unsigned type, clang fails to build
On ABIs where 'char' is defined as an unsigned type, ...
> support_process_state.c with:
>
> support_process_state.c:70:21: error: result of comparison of constant -1 with expression of type 'char' is always false [-Werror,-Wtautological-constant-out-of-range-compare]
> 70 | if (cur_state == -1)
> | ~~~~~~~~~ ^ ~~
> 1 error generated.
> ---
Reviewed-by: Sam James <sam@gentoo.org>
> support/support_process_state.c | 4 ++--
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/support/support_process_state.c b/support/support_process_state.c
> index d2cb546136..8f8e118ce9 100644
> --- a/support/support_process_state.c
> +++ b/support/support_process_state.c
> @@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ support_process_state_wait (pid_t pid, enum support_process_state state)
>
> for (;;)
> {
> - char cur_state = -1;
> + char cur_state = CHAR_MAX;
> while (xgetline (&line, &linesiz, fstatus) > 0)
> if (strncmp (line, "State:", strlen ("State:")) == 0)
> {
> @@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ support_process_state_wait (pid_t pid, enum support_process_state state)
> break;
> }
> /* Fallback to nanosleep for invalid state. */
> - if (cur_state == -1)
> + if (cur_state == CHAR_MAX)
> break;
>
> for (size_t i = 0; i < array_length (process_states); ++i)
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