The copy_from_user() returns the number of bytes remaining to be copied
but we want to return -EFAULT if it's non-zero.
Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx>
diff --git a/arch/parisc/kernel/perf.c b/arch/parisc/kernel/perf.c
index 518f4f5f1f43..76c96a53fc71 100644
--- a/arch/parisc/kernel/perf.c
+++ b/arch/parisc/kernel/perf.c
@@ -320,8 +320,8 @@ static ssize_t perf_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buf, size_t coun
if (count != sizeof(uint32_t))
return -EIO;
- if ((err = copy_from_user(&image_type, buf, sizeof(uint32_t))) != 0)
- return err;
+ if (copy_from_user(&image_type, buf, sizeof(uint32_t)))
+ return -EFAULT;
/* Get the interface type and test type */
interface_type = (image_type >> 16) & 0xffff;
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