The "ref_type_id" variable needs to be signed for the error handling to work. Fixes: d5caef5b5655 ("btf: add BTF types deduplication algorithm") Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx> --- This goes through the BPF tree probably, although it does apply to net-next. tools/lib/bpf/btf.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/btf.c b/tools/lib/bpf/btf.c index 68b50e9bbde1..8faed5386124 100644 --- a/tools/lib/bpf/btf.c +++ b/tools/lib/bpf/btf.c @@ -2326,7 +2326,8 @@ static int btf_dedup_ref_type(struct btf_dedup *d, __u32 type_id) struct btf_type *t, *cand; /* if we don't find equivalent type, then we are representative type */ __u32 new_id = type_id; - __u32 h, ref_type_id; + __u32 h; + int ref_type_id; if (d->map[type_id] == BTF_IN_PROGRESS_ID) return -ELOOP; -- 2.17.1