"count" is unsigned so checking for less than zero here causes a static checker warning. And really it's better to let the access_ok() check fail if the user passes in a NULL "buf" pointer because -EFAULT is the correct error code. Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx> diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpi_dbg.c b/drivers/acpi/acpi_dbg.c index 381beb2..f2c92ab 100644 --- a/drivers/acpi/acpi_dbg.c +++ b/drivers/acpi/acpi_dbg.c @@ -610,8 +610,6 @@ static ssize_t acpi_aml_read(struct file *file, char __user *buf, int ret = 0; int size = 0; - if (!buf || count < 0) - return -EINVAL; if (!count) return 0; if (!access_ok(VERIFY_WRITE, buf, count)) @@ -681,8 +679,6 @@ static ssize_t acpi_aml_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buf, int ret = 0; int size = 0; - if (!buf || count < 0) - return -EINVAL; if (!count) return 0; if (!access_ok(VERIFY_READ, buf, count)) -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-acpi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html