Fix incorrect error handling in afs_xattr_get_acl() where there appears to be a redundant assignment before return, but in fact the return should be a goto to the error handling at the end of the function. Fixes: 260f082bae6d ("afs: Get an AFS3 ACL as an xattr") Addresses-Coverity: ("Unused Value") Reported-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@xxxxxxxxxx> cc: Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/afs/xattr.c | 9 ++++----- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/afs/xattr.c b/fs/afs/xattr.c index c81f85003fc7..b6c44e75b361 100644 --- a/fs/afs/xattr.c +++ b/fs/afs/xattr.c @@ -71,11 +71,10 @@ static int afs_xattr_get_acl(const struct xattr_handler *handler, if (ret == 0) { ret = acl->size; if (size > 0) { - ret = -ERANGE; - if (acl->size > size) - return -ERANGE; - memcpy(buffer, acl->data, acl->size); - ret = acl->size; + if (acl->size <= size) + memcpy(buffer, acl->data, acl->size); + else + ret = -ERANGE; } kfree(acl); }