Commit c09f56b8f68d ("net/sunrpc: Fix return value for sysctl sunrpc.transports") attempted to add error checking for the call to memory_read_from_buffer(), however its return value was assigned to a size_t variable, so any negative values would be lost in the cast. Fix this. Addresses-Coverity-ID: 1498033: Control flow issues (NO_EFFECT) Fixes: c09f56b8f68d ("net/sunrpc: Fix return value for sysctl sunrpc.transports") Signed-off-by: Alex Dewar <alex.dewar90@xxxxxxxxx> --- net/sunrpc/sysctl.c | 7 +++++-- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/net/sunrpc/sysctl.c b/net/sunrpc/sysctl.c index a18b36b5422d..c95a2b84dd95 100644 --- a/net/sunrpc/sysctl.c +++ b/net/sunrpc/sysctl.c @@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ rpc_unregister_sysctl(void) static int proc_do_xprt(struct ctl_table *table, int write, void *buffer, size_t *lenp, loff_t *ppos) { + ssize_t bytes_read; char tmpbuf[256]; size_t len; @@ -70,12 +71,14 @@ static int proc_do_xprt(struct ctl_table *table, int write, return 0; } len = svc_print_xprts(tmpbuf, sizeof(tmpbuf)); - *lenp = memory_read_from_buffer(buffer, *lenp, ppos, tmpbuf, len); + bytes_read = memory_read_from_buffer(buffer, *lenp, ppos, tmpbuf, len); - if (*lenp < 0) { + if (bytes_read < 0) { *lenp = 0; return -EINVAL; } + + *lenp = bytes_read; return 0; } -- 2.29.1