The atomic_inc_return function returns an int, while priv->seqnum is an unsigned long. So we must cast the result to u32 to prevent potential sign extension and size mismatch issues. Signed-off-by: Xiong Nandi <xndchn@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/usb/usbip/vhci_hcd.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/usb/usbip/vhci_hcd.c b/drivers/usb/usbip/vhci_hcd.c index b03e5021c25b..f3f260e01791 100644 --- a/drivers/usb/usbip/vhci_hcd.c +++ b/drivers/usb/usbip/vhci_hcd.c @@ -675,7 +675,7 @@ static void vhci_tx_urb(struct urb *urb, struct vhci_device *vdev) spin_lock_irqsave(&vdev->priv_lock, flags); - priv->seqnum = atomic_inc_return(&vhci_hcd->seqnum); + priv->seqnum = (u32)atomic_inc_return(&vhci_hcd->seqnum); if (priv->seqnum == 0xffff) dev_info(&urb->dev->dev, "seqnum max\n"); -- 2.25.1