From: Chuck Lever <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Thu, 08 Nov 2007 11:59:19 -0500

> The intent of the assertion in skb_truesize_check() is to check
> for skb->truesize being decremented too much by other code,
> resulting in a wraparound below zero.
> 
> The type of the right side of the comparison causes the compiler to
> promote the left side to an unsigned type, despite the presence of an
> explicit type cast.  This defeats the check for negativity.
> 
> Ensure both sides of the comparison are a signed type to prevent the
> implicit type conversion.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Chuck Lever <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Applied, thanks Chuck.
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