copy_from_user() returns the number of bytes left to be copied but we want to return a negative error code here. This is in the ioctl handler so the error code get returned to userspace. Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <error27@xxxxxxxxx> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_crtc.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_crtc.c index 994d23b..57cea01 100644 --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_crtc.c +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_crtc.c @@ -1840,8 +1840,10 @@ int drm_mode_dirtyfb_ioctl(struct drm_device *dev, ret = copy_from_user(clips, clips_ptr, num_clips * sizeof(*clips)); - if (ret) + if (ret) { + ret = -EFAULT; goto out_err2; + } } if (fb->funcs->dirty) { -- 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