From: Qian Cai <cai@xxxxxx> Subject: mm/sparse: fix a bad comparison next_present_section_nr() could only return an unsigned number -1, so just check it specifically where compilers will convert -1 to unsigned if needed. mm/sparse.c: In function 'sparse_init_nid': mm/sparse.c:200:20: warning: comparison of unsigned expression >= 0 is always true [-Wtype-limits] ((section_nr >= 0) && \ ^~ mm/sparse.c:478:2: note: in expansion of macro 'for_each_present_section_nr' for_each_present_section_nr(pnum_begin, pnum) { ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ mm/sparse.c:200:20: warning: comparison of unsigned expression >= 0 is always true [-Wtype-limits] ((section_nr >= 0) && \ ^~ mm/sparse.c:497:2: note: in expansion of macro 'for_each_present_section_nr' for_each_present_section_nr(pnum_begin, pnum) { ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ mm/sparse.c: In function 'sparse_init': mm/sparse.c:200:20: warning: comparison of unsigned expression >= 0 is always true [-Wtype-limits] ((section_nr >= 0) && \ ^~ mm/sparse.c:520:2: note: in expansion of macro 'for_each_present_section_nr' for_each_present_section_nr(pnum_begin + 1, pnum_end) { ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20190228181839.86504-1-cai@xxxxxx Fixes: c4e1be9ec113 ("mm, sparsemem: break out of loops early") Signed-off-by: Qian Cai <cai@xxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- mm/sparse.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) --- a/mm/sparse.c~mm-sparse-fix-a-bad-comparison +++ a/mm/sparse.c @@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ static inline int next_present_section_n } #define for_each_present_section_nr(start, section_nr) \ for (section_nr = next_present_section_nr(start-1); \ - ((section_nr >= 0) && \ + ((section_nr != -1) && \ (section_nr <= __highest_present_section_nr)); \ section_nr = next_present_section_nr(section_nr)) _