idr_alloc returns an int that is either a negative errno, or the identifier actually allocated. Use signed integer ret variable to catch the return value and only assign it to gd->first_minor to prepare for marking the first_minor field in the gendisk structure as unsigned. Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx> --- drivers/mtd/ubi/block.c | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/mtd/ubi/block.c b/drivers/mtd/ubi/block.c index 437c5b83ffe513..51d00b518d3197 100644 --- a/drivers/mtd/ubi/block.c +++ b/drivers/mtd/ubi/block.c @@ -402,13 +402,14 @@ int ubiblock_create(struct ubi_volume_info *vi) gd->fops = &ubiblock_ops; gd->major = ubiblock_major; gd->minors = 1; - gd->first_minor = idr_alloc(&ubiblock_minor_idr, dev, 0, 0, GFP_KERNEL); - if (gd->first_minor < 0) { + ret = idr_alloc(&ubiblock_minor_idr, dev, 0, 0, GFP_KERNEL); + if (ret < 0) { dev_err(disk_to_dev(gd), "block: dynamic minor allocation failed"); ret = -ENODEV; goto out_cleanup_disk; } + gd->first_minor = ret; gd->flags |= GENHD_FL_NO_PART; gd->private_data = dev; sprintf(gd->disk_name, "ubiblock%d_%d", dev->ubi_num, dev->vol_id); -- 2.39.2