With the help of unsigned_lesser_than_zero.cocci. Unsigned 'nr_pages"' compare with zero. And __get_user_pages_locked will return an long value. The patch use a new local variable to store the return value of __get_user_pages_locked(). Then use it to compare with zero. Suggested-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: zhong jiang <zhongjiang@xxxxxxxxxx> --- mm/gup.c | 8 +++++--- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/mm/gup.c b/mm/gup.c index 8f236a3..1fe0ceb 100644 --- a/mm/gup.c +++ b/mm/gup.c @@ -1443,6 +1443,7 @@ static long check_and_migrate_cma_pages(struct task_struct *tsk, bool drain_allow = true; bool migrate_allow = true; LIST_HEAD(cma_page_list); + long ret; check_again: for (i = 0; i < nr_pages;) { @@ -1504,17 +1505,18 @@ static long check_and_migrate_cma_pages(struct task_struct *tsk, * again migrating any new CMA pages which we failed to isolate * earlier. */ - nr_pages = __get_user_pages_locked(tsk, mm, start, nr_pages, + ret = __get_user_pages_locked(tsk, mm, start, nr_pages, pages, vmas, NULL, gup_flags); - if ((nr_pages > 0) && migrate_allow) { + nr_pages = ret; + if ((ret > 0) && migrate_allow) { drain_allow = true; goto check_again; } } - return nr_pages; + return ret; } #else static long check_and_migrate_cma_pages(struct task_struct *tsk, -- 1.7.12.4