batman-adv: Reduce usage of char

char was used in different places to store information without really
using the characteristics of that data type or by ignoring the fact that
char has not a well defined signedness.

Signed-off-by: Sven Eckelmann <sven@narfation.org>

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/net/batman-adv/send.c b/net/batman-adv/send.c
index a1b8c3173a3f..be0d581a62a9 100644
--- a/net/batman-adv/send.c
+++ b/net/batman-adv/send.c
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ static void send_packet(struct forw_packet *forw_packet)
         struct bat_priv *bat_priv;
         struct batman_packet *batman_packet =
                 (struct batman_packet *)(forw_packet->skb->data);
-        unsigned char directlink = (batman_packet->flags & DIRECTLINK ? 1 : 0);
+        int directlink = (batman_packet->flags & DIRECTLINK ? 1 : 0);
 
         if (!forw_packet->if_incoming) {
                 pr_err("Error - can't forward packet: incoming iface not "
@@ -307,12 +307,12 @@ void schedule_own_packet(struct hard_iface *hard_iface)
 void schedule_forward_packet(struct orig_node *orig_node,
                              const struct ethhdr *ethhdr,
                              struct batman_packet *batman_packet,
-                             uint8_t directlink, int tt_buff_len,
+                             int directlink, int tt_buff_len,
                              struct hard_iface *if_incoming)
 {
         struct bat_priv *bat_priv = netdev_priv(if_incoming->soft_iface);
         struct neigh_node *router;
-        unsigned char in_tq, in_ttl, tq_avg = 0;
+        uint8_t in_tq, in_ttl, tq_avg = 0;
         unsigned long send_time;
 
         if (batman_packet->ttl <= 1) {