From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> arc_usr_cmpxchg currently returns an uninitialized value in ret on a failed access_ok call. Instead, return -EFAULT. Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king at canonical.com> --- arch/arc/kernel/process.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/arch/arc/kernel/process.c b/arch/arc/kernel/process.c index a746008..9ae3e1c 100644 --- a/arch/arc/kernel/process.c +++ b/arch/arc/kernel/process.c @@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE3(arc_usr_cmpxchg, int *, uaddr, int, expected, int, new) int ret; if (!access_ok(VERIFY_WRITE, uaddr, sizeof(int))) - return ret; + return -EFAULT; preempt_disable(); -- 2.9.3