The patch titled hwmon: fix check on unsigned in watchdog_release() has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is hwmon-fix-check-on-unsigned-in-watchdog_release.patch Before you just go and hit "reply", please: a) Consider who else should be cc'ed b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code *** See http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/stuff/added-to-mm.txt to find out what to do about this The current -mm tree may be found at http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/mmotm/ ------------------------------------------------------ Subject: hwmon: fix check on unsigned in watchdog_release() From: Roel Kluin <roel.kluin@xxxxxxxxx> If unsigned the watchdog_trigger() return value will not be checked correctly. Signed-off-by: Roel Kluin <roel.kluin@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Jean Delvare <khali@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Hans de Goede <hdegoede@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- diff -puN drivers/hwmon/fschmd.c~hwmon-fix-check-on-unsigned-in-watchdog_release drivers/hwmon/fschmd.c --- a/drivers/hwmon/fschmd.c~hwmon-fix-check-on-unsigned-in-watchdog_release +++ a/drivers/hwmon/fschmd.c @@ -819,7 +819,7 @@ static int watchdog_release(struct inode static ssize_t watchdog_write(struct file *filp, const char __user *buf, size_t count, loff_t *offset) { - size_t ret; + int ret; struct fschmd_data *data = filp->private_data; if (count) { _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from roel.kluin@xxxxxxxxx are linux-next.patch fujitsu-laptop-fix-tests-of-acpi_evaluate_integer-return.patch omap-fix-unlikelyx-y.patch powernow-k8-fix-test-in-get_transition_latency.patch powerpc-sky-cpu-redundant-or-incorrect-tests-on-unsigned.patch hfc_usb-fix-read-buffer-overflow.patch hisax-fix-test-in-waitforxfw.patch drivers-scsi-fnic-fnic_scsic-clean-up.patch ibmmca-buffer-overflow.patch scsi-eata-fix-buffer-overflow.patch drivers-scsi-gdthc-fix-buffer-overflow.patch drivers-scsi-u14-34fc-fix-uffer-overflow.patch drivers-scsi-lpfc-lpfc_vportc-fix-read-buffer-overflow.patch osst-fix-read-buffer-overflow.patch gdth-unmap-ccb_phys-when-scsi_add_host-fails-in-gdth_eisa_probe_one.patch zfcp-test-kmalloc-failure-in-scsi_get_vpd_page.patch st-fix-test-of-value-range-in-st_set_options.patch ncr5380-bit-mr_dma_mode-set-twice-in-ncr5380_transfer_dma.patch bfa-fix-test-in-bfad_os_fc_host_init.patch drivers-staging-octeon-ethernet-rgmiic-dont-ignore-request_irq-return-code.patch page-types-unsigned-cannot-be-less-than-0-in-add_page.patch frv-duplicate-output_buffer-of-e03.patch frv-duplicate-output_buffer-of-e03-checkpatch-fixes.patch cryptocop-fix-assertion-in-create_output_descriptors.patch hwmon-fix-check-on-unsigned-in-watchdog_release.patch gpio-fix-test-on-unsigned-in-lnw_irq_type.patch fbdev-tv_paln-bit-set-twice-in-sisfb_detect_vb_connect.patch hvc_console-fix-test-on-unsigned-in-hvc_console_print.patch irq-fix-test-in-__exit-parport_mfc3_exit.patch -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html