The 'Coverity Scan' found a problem in new write_once() function: 272 size_t bytes; 273 bytes = do_pwrite(file->fd, offset, count, count, pwritev2_flags); >>> CID 1420710: Control flow issues (NO_EFFECT) >>> This less-than-zero comparison of an unsigned value is never true. "bytes < 0UL". 274 if (bytes < 0) 275 return -1; That's unreasonable. do_pwrite return 'ssize_t' type value, which can be less than zero, but we use a 'size_t' to get the return value. So change the size_t to ssize_t for it can store the return value correctly. Signed-off-by: Zorro Lang <zlang@xxxxxxxxxx> --- io/pwrite.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/io/pwrite.c b/io/pwrite.c index 26f79579..b28b6039 100644 --- a/io/pwrite.c +++ b/io/pwrite.c @@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ write_once( long long *total, int pwritev2_flags) { - size_t bytes; + ssize_t bytes; bytes = do_pwrite(file->fd, offset, count, count, pwritev2_flags); if (bytes < 0) return -1; -- 2.13.6 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-xfs" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html