Comparing a signed return value against an unsigned num_pages field performs the comparison as "unsigned", and therefore mistakenly considers get_user_pages_fast() errors as success. Signed-off-by: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@xxxxxxxxxxxx> CC: Alexander Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> CC: George Zhang <georgezhang@xxxxxxxxxx> CC: Andy king <acking@xxxxxxxxxx> CC: Dmitry Torokhov <dtor@xxxxxxxxxx> CC: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> CC: linux-fsdevel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx --- drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmci_queue_pair.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmci_queue_pair.c b/drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmci_queue_pair.c index 8af5c2672f71..f71db848ce81 100644 --- a/drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmci_queue_pair.c +++ b/drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmci_queue_pair.c @@ -755,7 +755,7 @@ static int qp_host_get_user_memory(u64 produce_uva, retval = get_user_pages_fast((uintptr_t) produce_uva, produce_q->kernel_if->num_pages, 1, produce_q->kernel_if->u.h.header_page); - if (retval < produce_q->kernel_if->num_pages) { + if (retval < 0 || retval < produce_q->kernel_if->num_pages) { pr_debug("get_user_pages_fast(produce) failed (retval=%d)", retval); qp_release_pages(produce_q->kernel_if->u.h.header_page, @@ -767,7 +767,7 @@ static int qp_host_get_user_memory(u64 produce_uva, retval = get_user_pages_fast((uintptr_t) consume_uva, consume_q->kernel_if->num_pages, 1, consume_q->kernel_if->u.h.header_page); - if (retval < consume_q->kernel_if->num_pages) { + if (retval < 0 || retval < consume_q->kernel_if->num_pages) { pr_debug("get_user_pages_fast(consume) failed (retval=%d)", retval); qp_release_pages(consume_q->kernel_if->u.h.header_page, -- 2.11.0