Hello Ondrej Zary, The patch 246a1c4c6b7f: "ata: pata_parport: add driver (PARIDE replacement)" from Jan 23, 2023, leads to the following Smatch static checker warning: drivers/ata/pata_parport/pata_parport.c:445 pi_init_one() warn: unsigned 'pi->dev.id' is never less than zero. drivers/ata/pata_parport/pata_parport.c 418 static struct pi_adapter *pi_init_one(struct parport *parport, 419 struct pi_protocol *pr, int mode, int unit, int delay) 420 { 421 struct pardev_cb par_cb = { }; 422 char scratch[512]; 423 const struct ata_port_info *ppi[] = { &pata_parport_port_info }; 424 struct ata_host *host; 425 struct pi_adapter *pi; 426 struct pi_device_match match = { .parport = parport, .proto = pr }; 427 428 /* 429 * Abort if there's a device already registered on the same parport 430 * using the same protocol. 431 */ 432 if (bus_for_each_dev(&pata_parport_bus_type, NULL, &match, pi_find_dev)) 433 return NULL; 434 435 pi = kzalloc(sizeof(struct pi_adapter), GFP_KERNEL); 436 if (!pi) 437 return NULL; 438 439 /* set up pi->dev before pi_probe_unit() so it can use dev_printk() */ 440 pi->dev.parent = &pata_parport_bus; 441 pi->dev.bus = &pata_parport_bus_type; 442 pi->dev.driver = &pr->driver; 443 pi->dev.release = pata_parport_dev_release; 444 pi->dev.id = ida_alloc(&pata_parport_bus_dev_ids, GFP_KERNEL); --> 445 if (pi->dev.id < 0) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ pi->dev.id is a u32. 446 return NULL; /* pata_parport_dev_release will do kfree(pi) */ 447 dev_set_name(&pi->dev, "pata_parport.%u", pi->dev.id); 448 if (device_register(&pi->dev)) { 449 put_device(&pi->dev); 450 goto out_ida_free; 451 } regards, dan carpenter