Smatch reported following: ''' drivers/md/dm-cache-target.c:3204 parse_cblock_range() warn: sscanf doesn't return error codes drivers/md/dm-cache-target.c:3217 parse_cblock_range() warn: sscanf doesn't return error codes ''' Since, the only negative value that is returned by sscanf is -1. Returning -ENVAL when sscanf returns -1. Signed-off-by: Dipendra Khadka <kdipendra88@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/md/dm-cache-target.c | 8 ++++---- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-cache-target.c b/drivers/md/dm-cache-target.c index 17f0fab1e254..c35d65e310d6 100644 --- a/drivers/md/dm-cache-target.c +++ b/drivers/md/dm-cache-target.c @@ -3200,8 +3200,8 @@ static int parse_cblock_range(struct cache *cache, const char *str, * Try and parse form (ii) first. */ r = sscanf(str, "%llu-%llu%c", &b, &e, &dummy); - if (r < 0) - return r; + if (r == -1) + return -EINVAL; if (r == 2) { result->begin = to_cblock(b); @@ -3213,8 +3213,8 @@ static int parse_cblock_range(struct cache *cache, const char *str, * That didn't work, try form (i). */ r = sscanf(str, "%llu%c", &b, &dummy); - if (r < 0) - return r; + if (r == -1) + return -EINVAL; if (r == 1) { result->begin = to_cblock(b); -- 2.43.0