copy_from_user() returns the number of bytes remaining to be copied but we want to return negative error codes on failue. Fixes: 9202ba2397d1 ("gpio: mockup: implement event injecting over debugfs") Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx> diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpio-mockup.c b/drivers/gpio/gpio-mockup.c index 06dac72cb69c..d99338689213 100644 --- a/drivers/gpio/gpio-mockup.c +++ b/drivers/gpio/gpio-mockup.c @@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ static ssize_t gpio_mockup_event_write(struct file *file, struct seq_file *sfile; struct gpio_desc *desc; struct gpio_chip *gc; - int status, val; + int val; char buf; sfile = file->private_data; @@ -206,9 +206,8 @@ static ssize_t gpio_mockup_event_write(struct file *file, chip = priv->chip; gc = &chip->gc; - status = copy_from_user(&buf, usr_buf, 1); - if (status) - return status; + if (copy_from_user(&buf, usr_buf, 1)) + return -EFAULT; if (buf == '0') val = 0; -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-gpio" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html