The check cpu->hv_clock.system_time < 0 is redundant since system_time is a u64 and hence can never be less than zero. But what was actually meant is to check that the result is positive, since kernel_ns and v->kvm->arch.kvmclock_offset are both s64. Reported-by: Colin King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Suggested-by: Sean Christopherson <sean.j.christopherson@xxxxxxxxx> Addresses-Coverity: ("Macro compares unsigned to 0") Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@xxxxxxxxxx> --- arch/x86/kvm/x86.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c index 54e8142b15d0..359fcd395132 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c @@ -2444,7 +2444,7 @@ static int kvm_guest_time_update(struct kvm_vcpu *v) vcpu->hv_clock.tsc_timestamp = tsc_timestamp; vcpu->hv_clock.system_time = kernel_ns + v->kvm->arch.kvmclock_offset; vcpu->last_guest_tsc = tsc_timestamp; - WARN_ON(vcpu->hv_clock.system_time < 0); + WARN_ON((s64)vcpu->hv_clock.system_time < 0); /* If the host uses TSC clocksource, then it is stable */ pvclock_flags = 0; -- 1.8.3.1