[PATCH v2 09/10] staging: mt7621-mmc: Fix: copy_from_user() returns a positive value

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copy_from_user() returns a positive value in case of an error, to fix
this the check is turned around, also a better return value is chosen.

Reported-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx>
Suggested-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Christian Lütke-Stetzkamp <christian@xxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: NeilBrown <neil@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
 drivers/staging/mt7621-mmc/dbg.c | 5 ++---
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/mt7621-mmc/dbg.c b/drivers/staging/mt7621-mmc/dbg.c
index ec95f6d49997..9a1809d74ea3 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/mt7621-mmc/dbg.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/mt7621-mmc/dbg.c
@@ -265,9 +265,8 @@ static ssize_t msdc_debug_proc_write(struct file *file,
 	if (count > 255)
 		count = 255;
 
-	ret = copy_from_user(cmd_buf, buf, count);
-	if (ret < 0)
-		return -1;
+	if (copy_from_user(cmd_buf, buf, count))
+		return -EFAULT;
 
 	cmd_buf[count] = '\0';
 	printk("msdc Write %s\n", cmd_buf);
-- 
2.16.1

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