This is a static checker fix, and perhaps not a real bug. The static checker thinks that nr_secs could be negative. It would result in zeroing more memory than intended. Anyway, even if it's not a bug, changing this variable to unsigned makes the code easier to audit. Fixes: a4bd217b4326 ("lightnvm: physical block device (pblk) target") Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx> diff --git a/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-read.c b/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-read.c index bce7ed5fc73f..c9daa33e8d9c 100644 --- a/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-read.c +++ b/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-read.c @@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ static void pblk_read_rq(struct pblk *pblk, struct nvm_rq *rqd, int pblk_submit_read(struct pblk *pblk, struct bio *bio) { struct nvm_tgt_dev *dev = pblk->dev; - int nr_secs = pblk_get_secs(bio); + unsigned int nr_secs = pblk_get_secs(bio); struct nvm_rq *rqd; unsigned long read_bitmap; /* Max 64 ppas per request */ unsigned int bio_init_idx;