We should be checking IS_ERR() here. PTR_ERR() is always true. Fixes: b645af2d5905 ('x86_64, traps: Rework bad_iret') Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/traps.c b/arch/x86/kernel/traps.c index 67d817e..f176d96 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/traps.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/traps.c @@ -331,7 +331,7 @@ dotraplinkage void do_bounds(struct pt_regs *regs, long error_code) break; /* Success, it was handled */ case 1: /* Bound violation. */ info = mpx_generate_siginfo(regs, xsave_buf); - if (PTR_ERR(info)) { + if (IS_ERR(info)) { /* * We failed to decode the MPX instruction. Act as if * the exception was not caused by MPX. -- 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