Hello Wei Yongjun, The patch 22ca904ad70a: "genetlink: fix error return code in genl_register_family()" from Nov 1, 2016, leads to the following static checker warning: net/netlink/genetlink.c:365 genl_register_family() warn: unsigned 'family->id' is never less than zero. net/netlink/genetlink.c 362 363 family->id = idr_alloc(&genl_fam_idr, family, 364 start, end + 1, GFP_KERNEL); 365 if (family->id < 0) { ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Doesn't work for unsigned int. 366 err = family->id; 367 goto errout_free; 368 } 369 regards, dan carpenter -- 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