Hello Takashi Iwai, The patch f9a6bb841f73: "ALSA: seq: Fix assignment in if condition" from Jun 8, 2021, leads to the following static checker warning: sound/core/seq/oss/seq_oss_init.c:99 snd_seq_oss_create_client() warn: 'port->addr.port' is unsigned sound/core/seq/oss/seq_oss_init.c 82 83 /* create annoucement receiver port */ 84 memset(port, 0, sizeof(*port)); 85 strcpy(port->name, "Receiver"); 86 port->addr.client = system_client; 87 port->capability = SNDRV_SEQ_PORT_CAP_WRITE; /* receive only */ 88 port->type = 0; 89 90 memset(&port_callback, 0, sizeof(port_callback)); 91 /* don't set port_callback.owner here. otherwise the module counter 92 * is incremented and we can no longer release the module.. 93 */ 94 port_callback.event_input = receive_announce; 95 port->kernel = &port_callback; 96 97 call_ctl(SNDRV_SEQ_IOCTL_CREATE_PORT, port); 98 system_port = port->addr.port; 99 if (system_port >= 0) { ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ This was from the old code. It's not clear what is going on. I think the condition can be deleted. 100 struct snd_seq_port_subscribe subs; 101 102 memset(&subs, 0, sizeof(subs)); 103 subs.sender.client = SNDRV_SEQ_CLIENT_SYSTEM; 104 subs.sender.port = SNDRV_SEQ_PORT_SYSTEM_ANNOUNCE; 105 subs.dest.client = system_client; 106 subs.dest.port = system_port; 107 call_ctl(SNDRV_SEQ_IOCTL_SUBSCRIBE_PORT, &subs); 108 } 109 rc = 0; 110 111 /* look up midi devices */ 112 schedule_work(&async_lookup_work); 113 114 __error: 115 kfree(port); 116 return rc; 117 } regards, dan carpenter