Comparing an int to a size, which is unsigned, causes the int to become unsigned, giving the wrong result. kernel_sendmsg can return a negative error code. Signed-off-by: Ursula Braun <ubraun@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- net/smc/smc_clc.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/net/smc/smc_clc.c b/net/smc/smc_clc.c index 776e9dfc915d..d53fd588d1f5 100644 --- a/net/smc/smc_clc.c +++ b/net/smc/smc_clc.c @@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ int smc_clc_send_decline(struct smc_sock *smc, u32 peer_diag_info) vec.iov_len = sizeof(struct smc_clc_msg_decline); len = kernel_sendmsg(smc->clcsock, &msg, &vec, 1, sizeof(struct smc_clc_msg_decline)); - if (len < sizeof(struct smc_clc_msg_decline)) + if (len < 0 || len < sizeof(struct smc_clc_msg_decline)) len = -EPROTO; return len > 0 ? 0 : len; } -- 2.16.4
