Saving -EINVAL as unsigned char truncates the high bits and changes it into 234 instead of -22. This breaks the test for "if (ret == -EINVAL)" in parse_opts(). Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <error27@xxxxxxxxx> diff --git a/net/9p/client.c b/net/9p/client.c index e3e5bf4..edf31aa 100644 --- a/net/9p/client.c +++ b/net/9p/client.c @@ -71,9 +71,10 @@ inline int p9_is_proto_dotu(struct p9_client *clnt) EXPORT_SYMBOL(p9_is_proto_dotu); /* Interpret mount option for protocol version */ -static unsigned char get_protocol_version(const substring_t *name) +static int get_protocol_version(const substring_t *name) { - unsigned char version = -EINVAL; + int version = -EINVAL; + if (!strncmp("9p2000", name->from, name->to-name->from)) { version = p9_proto_legacy; P9_DPRINTK(P9_DEBUG_9P, "Protocol version: Legacy\n"); -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kernel-janitors" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html