In C, signed integer overflow results in undefined behavior, but unsigned overflow wraps around. So do the subtraction first, then cast to signed. Suggested-by: Joakim Tjernlund <joakim.tjernlund@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Jim Rees <rees@xxxxxxxxx> --- fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c b/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c index 316ec84..9850329 100644 --- a/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c +++ b/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c @@ -3427,7 +3427,7 @@ grace_disallows_io(struct net *net, struct inode *inode) /* Returns true iff a is later than b: */ static bool stateid_generation_after(stateid_t *a, stateid_t *b) { - return (s32)a->si_generation - (s32)b->si_generation > 0; + return (s32)(a->si_generation - b->si_generation) > 0; } static __be32 check_stateid_generation(stateid_t *in, stateid_t *ref, bool has_session) -- 1.8.2.3 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-nfs" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html