On Wed, Jan 08, 2020 at 08:41:25AM +0300, Dan Carpenter wrote: > The "ret < 0" comparison is never true because "ret" is still zero. > > Fixes: 728480f12442 ("ethtool: default handlers for GET requests") > Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx> > --- > net/ethtool/netlink.c | 6 ++++-- > 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/net/ethtool/netlink.c b/net/ethtool/netlink.c > index 5d16436498ac..86b79f9bc08d 100644 > --- a/net/ethtool/netlink.c > +++ b/net/ethtool/netlink.c > @@ -319,9 +319,10 @@ static int ethnl_default_doit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info) > rtnl_unlock(); > if (ret < 0) > goto err_cleanup; > - reply_len = ops->reply_size(req_info, reply_data); > + ret = ops->reply_size(req_info, reply_data); > if (ret < 0) > goto err_cleanup; > + reply_len = ret; > ret = -ENOMEM; > rskb = ethnl_reply_init(reply_len, req_info->dev, ops->reply_cmd, > ops->hdr_attr, info, &reply_payload); > @@ -555,9 +556,10 @@ static void ethnl_default_notify(struct net_device *dev, unsigned int cmd, > ret = ops->prepare_data(req_info, reply_data, NULL); > if (ret < 0) > goto err_cleanup; > - reply_len = ops->reply_size(req_info, reply_data); > + ret = ops->reply_size(req_info, reply_data); > if (ret < 0) > goto err_cleanup; > + reply_len = ret; > ret = -ENOMEM; > skb = genlmsg_new(reply_len, GFP_KERNEL); > if (!skb) Thank you. Reviewed-by: Michal Kubecek <mkubecek@xxxxxxx>