"t" is controlled by the user. If "t" is a very large integer then it could lead to a negative "tmrval". We cap the upper bound of "tmrval" but, in the current code, we allow negatives. This is a bug and it causes a static checker warning. Let's make "tmrval" unsigned to avoid this problem. Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx> diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/w83977f_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/w83977f_wdt.c index 91bf55a..20e2bba 100644 --- a/drivers/watchdog/w83977f_wdt.c +++ b/drivers/watchdog/w83977f_wdt.c @@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ static int wdt_keepalive(void) static int wdt_set_timeout(int t) { - int tmrval; + unsigned int tmrval; /* * Convert seconds to watchdog counter time units, rounding up. -- 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