This code causes a static checker because we have an upper bound on "value" but not a lower bound. In other words "value" can be s32min-2. It's harmless but really it should just be bool. Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx> diff --git a/drivers/scsi/myrs.c b/drivers/scsi/myrs.c index 3b87c6942a8e..eaa9d143a282 100644 --- a/drivers/scsi/myrs.c +++ b/drivers/scsi/myrs.c @@ -1590,15 +1590,12 @@ static ssize_t myrs_store_suppress_enclosure_messages(struct device *dev, { struct scsi_device *sdev = to_scsi_device(dev); myrs_hba *cs = (myrs_hba *)sdev->host->hostdata; - char tmpbuf[8]; - ssize_t len; - int value; + bool value; + int ret; - len = count > sizeof(tmpbuf) - 1 ? sizeof(tmpbuf) - 1 : count; - strncpy(tmpbuf, buf, len); - tmpbuf[len] = '\0'; - if (sscanf(tmpbuf, "%d", &value) != 1 || value > 2) - return -EINVAL; + ret = kstrtobool(buf, &value); + if (ret) + return ret; cs->disable_enc_msg = value; return count; -- 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