When copy_from_user() fails, this code returns the number of bytes remaining instead of a negative error code. The positive number is returned to the user but otherwise it is harmless. Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx> --- I am not able to compile this. diff --git a/arch/s390/kvm/guestdbg.c b/arch/s390/kvm/guestdbg.c index 757ccef..3e8d409 100644 --- a/arch/s390/kvm/guestdbg.c +++ b/arch/s390/kvm/guestdbg.c @@ -223,9 +223,10 @@ int kvm_s390_import_bp_data(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, goto error; } - ret = copy_from_user(bp_data, dbg->arch.hw_bp, size); - if (ret) + if (copy_from_user(bp_data, dbg->arch.hw_bp, size)) { + ret = -EFAULT; goto error; + } for (i = 0; i < dbg->arch.nr_hw_bp; i++) { switch (bp_data[i].type) { -- 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