In the setup_arg_pages(), ret is declared as an unsigned long. The ret might take a negative value. Therefore, its type should be changed to int. Signed-off-by: Xichao Zhao --- fs/exec.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/fs/exec.c b/fs/exec.c index 2a1e5e4042a1..5d236bb87df5 100644 --- a/fs/exec.c +++ b/fs/exec.c @@ -599,7 +599,7 @@ int setup_arg_pages(struct linux_binprm *bprm, unsigned long stack_top, int executable_stack) { - unsigned long ret; + int ret; unsigned long stack_shift; struct mm_struct *mm = current->mm; struct vm_area_struct *vma = bprm->vma; -- 2.34.1