ctlr->mode is of unsigned type, it is never less than zero. Fix this by using an extra varibale called 'res', to store return value from sysfs_match_string() and assign that to ctlr->mode on the success path. Fixes: edc22a7c8688 ("scsi: fcoe: Use sysfs_match_string() over fcoe_parse_mode()") Signed-off-by: Harshit Mogalapalli <harshit.m.mogalapalli@xxxxxxxxxx> --- This is based on static analysis with smatch and only compile tested. --- drivers/scsi/fcoe/fcoe_sysfs.c | 6 ++++-- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/scsi/fcoe/fcoe_sysfs.c b/drivers/scsi/fcoe/fcoe_sysfs.c index 408a806bf4c2..c64a085a7ee2 100644 --- a/drivers/scsi/fcoe/fcoe_sysfs.c +++ b/drivers/scsi/fcoe/fcoe_sysfs.c @@ -263,6 +263,7 @@ static ssize_t store_ctlr_mode(struct device *dev, const char *buf, size_t count) { struct fcoe_ctlr_device *ctlr = dev_to_ctlr(dev); + int res; if (count > FCOE_MAX_MODENAME_LEN) return -EINVAL; @@ -279,12 +280,13 @@ static ssize_t store_ctlr_mode(struct device *dev, return -ENOTSUPP; } - ctlr->mode = sysfs_match_string(fip_conn_type_names, buf); - if (ctlr->mode < 0 || ctlr->mode == FIP_CONN_TYPE_UNKNOWN) { + res = sysfs_match_string(fip_conn_type_names, buf); + if (res < 0 || res == FIP_CONN_TYPE_UNKNOWN) { LIBFCOE_SYSFS_DBG(ctlr, "Unknown mode %s provided.\n", buf); return -EINVAL; } + ctlr->mode = res; ctlr->f->set_fcoe_ctlr_mode(ctlr); LIBFCOE_SYSFS_DBG(ctlr, "Mode changed to %s.\n", buf); -- 2.39.3