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staging: rtl8712: fix signedness of length to rtl8717_set_ie

rtl8717_set_it() takes an unsigned int pointer as length,
fixed signedness in code using it.

Sparse warnings:

drivers/staging/rtl8712/ieee80211.c:191:53: warning: incorrect type in argument 5 (different signedness)
drivers/staging/rtl8712/ieee80211.c:191:53: expected unsigned int [usertype] *frlen
drivers/staging/rtl8712/ieee80211.c:191:53: got int *<noident>
drivers/staging/rtl8712/ieee80211.c:197:57: warning: incorrect type in argument 5 (different signedness)
drivers/staging/rtl8712/ieee80211.c:197:57: expected unsigned int [usertype] *frlen
drivers/staging/rtl8712/ieee80211.c:197:57: got int *<noident>
drivers/staging/rtl8712/ieee80211.c:199:63: warning: incorrect type in argument 5 (different signedness)
drivers/staging/rtl8712/ieee80211.c:199:63: expected unsigned int [usertype] *frlen
drivers/staging/rtl8712/ieee80211.c:199:63: got int *<noident>
drivers/staging/rtl8712/ieee80211.c:202:67: warning: incorrect type in argument 5 (different signedness)
drivers/staging/rtl8712/ieee80211.c:202:67: expected unsigned int [usertype] *frlen
drivers/staging/rtl8712/ieee80211.c:202:67: got int *<noident>
drivers/staging/rtl8712/ieee80211.c:206:73: warning: incorrect type in argument 5 (different signedness)
drivers/staging/rtl8712/ieee80211.c:206:73: expected unsigned int [usertype] *frlen
drivers/staging/rtl8712/ieee80211.c:206:73: got int *<noident>
drivers/staging/rtl8712/ieee80211.c:209:75: warning: incorrect type in argument 5 (different signedness)
drivers/staging/rtl8712/ieee80211.c:209:75: expected unsigned int [usertype] *frlen
drivers/staging/rtl8712/ieee80211.c:209:75: got int *<noident>

Signed-off-by: Stefano Manni <stefano.manni@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>

authored by

Stefano Manni and committed by
Greg Kroah-Hartman
fd161c61 74f15056

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+2 -1
drivers/staging/rtl8712/ieee80211.c
··· 166 166 167 167 int r8712_generate_ie(struct registry_priv *pregistrypriv) 168 168 { 169 - int sz = 0, rate_len; 169 + int rate_len; 170 + uint sz = 0; 170 171 struct wlan_bssid_ex *pdev_network = &pregistrypriv->dev_network; 171 172 u8 *ie = pdev_network->IEs; 172 173 u16 beaconPeriod = (u16)pdev_network->Configuration.BeaconPeriod;