Because 'ret' is declared as int, not unsigned long, no need to cast the error contants into unsigned long. If you compile this code on a 64-bit machine somehow, you'll see following warning: CC mm/nommu.o mm/nommu.c: In function âdo_mmap_pgoffâ: mm/nommu.c:1411: warning: overflow in implicit constant conversion Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@xxxxxxxxx> --- mm/nommu.c | 6 +++--- 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/mm/nommu.c b/mm/nommu.c index 662fd46449a6..c7af249076ac 100644 --- a/mm/nommu.c +++ b/mm/nommu.c @@ -1400,15 +1400,15 @@ unsigned long do_mmap_pgoff(struct file *file, if (capabilities & BDI_CAP_MAP_DIRECT) { addr = file->f_op->get_unmapped_area(file, addr, len, pgoff, flags); - if (IS_ERR((void *) addr)) { + if (IS_ERR_VALUE(addr)) { ret = addr; - if (ret != (unsigned long) -ENOSYS) + if (ret != -ENOSYS) goto error_just_free; /* the driver refused to tell us where to site * the mapping so we'll have to attempt to copy * it */ - ret = (unsigned long) -ENODEV; + ret = -ENODEV; if (!(capabilities & BDI_CAP_MAP_COPY)) goto error_just_free; -- 1.7.4 -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxx For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Fight unfair telecom internet charges in Canada: sign http://stopthemeter.ca/ Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx"> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>