The return type is supposed to be ssize_t, which is signed long, but "r" was declared as unsigned int. This means that on 64 bit systems we return positive values instead of negative error codes. Fixes: 80a3511d70e8 ("cfg80211: add debugfs HT40 allow map") Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx> --- net/wireless/debugfs.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/net/wireless/debugfs.c b/net/wireless/debugfs.c index aab43469a2f0..0878b162890a 100644 --- a/net/wireless/debugfs.c +++ b/net/wireless/debugfs.c @@ -65,9 +65,10 @@ static ssize_t ht40allow_map_read(struct file *file, { struct wiphy *wiphy = file->private_data; char *buf; - unsigned int offset = 0, buf_size = PAGE_SIZE, i, r; + unsigned int offset = 0, buf_size = PAGE_SIZE, i; enum nl80211_band band; struct ieee80211_supported_band *sband; + ssize_t r; buf = kzalloc(buf_size, GFP_KERNEL); if (!buf) -- 2.35.1