The hid_hw_raw_request() function returns negative error codes or the number bytes transferred. The problem is that when it returns negative error codes and we check if "ret < sizeof(arctis_1_battery_request)", then the negative values are type promoted from int to high unsigned long values and treated as success. This was detected using Smatch: drivers/hid/hid-steelseries.c:393 steelseries_headset_arctis_1_fetch_battery() warn: error code type promoted to positive: 'ret' Fixes: a0c76896c3fb ("HID: steelseries: Add support for Arctis 1 XBox") Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx> --- v2: Re-word the commit message. Add the Smatch warning. Use a cast instead of an explicit check for negatives. drivers/hid/hid-steelseries.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/hid/hid-steelseries.c b/drivers/hid/hid-steelseries.c index 43d2cf7153d7..b3edadf42d6d 100644 --- a/drivers/hid/hid-steelseries.c +++ b/drivers/hid/hid-steelseries.c @@ -390,7 +390,7 @@ static int steelseries_headset_arctis_1_fetch_battery(struct hid_device *hdev) ret = hid_hw_raw_request(hdev, arctis_1_battery_request[0], write_buf, sizeof(arctis_1_battery_request), HID_OUTPUT_REPORT, HID_REQ_SET_REPORT); - if (ret < sizeof(arctis_1_battery_request)) { + if (ret < (int)sizeof(arctis_1_battery_request)) { hid_err(hdev, "hid_hw_raw_request() failed with %d\n", ret); ret = -ENODATA; } -- 2.39.2