copy_to_user() returns the number of bytes remaining to be copied but we want to return an error code. And that error code is -EFAULT not -EIO. Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <error27@xxxxxxxxx> diff --git a/drivers/staging/intel_sst/intel_sst_app_interface.c b/drivers/staging/intel_sst/intel_sst_app_interface.c index baf0ddc..5ead4d1 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/intel_sst/intel_sst_app_interface.c +++ b/drivers/staging/intel_sst/intel_sst_app_interface.c @@ -865,6 +865,8 @@ long intel_sst_ioctl(struct file *file_ptr, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg) str_info->src = SST_DRV; retval = copy_to_user(&str_param->stream_id, &retval, sizeof(__u32)); + if (retval) + retval = -EFAULT; } else { if (retval == -SST_ERR_INVALID_PARAMS) retval = -EINVAL; @@ -938,7 +940,7 @@ long intel_sst_ioctl(struct file *file_ptr, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg) retval = copy_to_user((struct snd_sst_vol *)arg, &get_vol, sizeof(get_vol)); if (retval) { - retval = -EIO; + retval = -EFAULT; break; } /*sst_print_get_vol_info(str_id, &get_vol);*/ -- 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