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-rw-r--r--arch/x86/boot/edd.c4
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/edd.c b/arch/x86/boot/edd.c
index 067e28cd3c5..1aae8f3e5ca 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/edd.c
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/edd.c
@@ -32,9 +32,7 @@ static int read_mbr(u8 devno, void *buf)
: "+a" (ax), "+c" (cx), "+d" (dx), "+b" (bx)
: : "esi", "edi", "memory");
- /* Some BIOSes do not set carry flag on error but still return
- * error in AH. The condition below is expected to catch both */
- return -!!ax; /* 0 or -1 */
+ return -(u8)ax; /* 0 or -1 */
}
static u32 read_mbr_sig(u8 devno, struct edd_info *ei, u32 *mbrsig)