variable The function ad7280_store_balance_timer() parses data from a char* buffer into a long variable, but uses the the function strict_strtoul which expects a pointer to an unsigned long variable as its third parameter. As Dan Carpenter mentioned, the values are capped a few lines later, but a check if val is negative is missing. Now this function will return -ERANGE if there is a representation of a negative number in buf. Additionally the checkpatch.pl considers strict_strtoul as obsolete. I replaced its call with the suggested kstrtoul. Signed-off-by: Andreas Ruprecht Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman §ìEQ”)x