The variable success is only assigned the values true and false. Change its type to bool. The simplified semantic patch that find this problem is as follows (http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/): @exists@ type T; identifier b; @@ - T + bool b = ...; ... when any b = \(true\|false\) Signed-off-by: Peter Senna Tschudin <peter.senna@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/scsi/isci/port.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/scsi/isci/port.c b/drivers/scsi/isci/port.c index 13098b0..26f8e5c 100644 --- a/drivers/scsi/isci/port.c +++ b/drivers/scsi/isci/port.c @@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ static void isci_port_link_up(struct isci_host *isci_host, { unsigned long flags; struct sci_port_properties properties; - unsigned long success = true; + bool success = true; dev_dbg(&isci_host->pdev->dev, "%s: isci_port = %p\n", -- 1.8.3.1 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kernel-janitors" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html