From: Ivan Maidanski <ivmai@mail.ru>
Date: Sat, 17 Dec 2016 06:57:34 +0000 (+0300)
Subject: Workaround 'checking unsigned value is negative' code defect in mark_from
X-Git-Tag: v8.0.0~984
X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=4493660411b96a156c4ff20f3162d4b0946c4697;p=gc

Workaround 'checking unsigned value is negative' code defect in mark_from

* mark.c (GC_mark_from): Replace (signed_word)descr<0 with
(descr&SIGNB)!=0.
---

diff --git a/mark.c b/mark.c
index 6db0bb01..dec761b9 100644
--- a/mark.c
+++ b/mark.c
@@ -727,7 +727,7 @@ GC_INNER mse * GC_mark_from(mse *mark_stack_top, mse *mark_stack,
           descr &= ~GC_DS_TAGS;
           credit -= WORDS_TO_BYTES(WORDSZ/2); /* guess */
           while (descr != 0) {
-            if ((signed_word)descr < 0) {
+            if ((descr & SIGNB) != 0) {
               current = *(word *)current_p;
               FIXUP_POINTER(current);
               if (current >= (word)least_ha && current < (word)greatest_ha) {