From: Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@xxxxxxxxxxx> commit 79c37ca73a6e9a33f7b2b7783ba6af07a448c8a9 upstream. Returning -1 does not indicate anything useful. Use a standard and meaningful error code instead. Fixes: a26c5fd7622d ("nl802154: add support for security layer") Signed-off-by: Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@xxxxxxxxxxx> Acked-by: Alexander Aring <aahringo@xxxxxxxxxx> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220125121426.848337-6-miquel.raynal@xxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Stefan Schmidt <stefan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- net/ieee802154/nl802154.c | 8 ++++---- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) --- a/net/ieee802154/nl802154.c +++ b/net/ieee802154/nl802154.c @@ -1474,7 +1474,7 @@ static int nl802154_send_key(struct sk_b hdr = nl802154hdr_put(msg, portid, seq, flags, cmd); if (!hdr) - return -1; + return -ENOBUFS; if (nla_put_u32(msg, NL802154_ATTR_IFINDEX, dev->ifindex)) goto nla_put_failure; @@ -1665,7 +1665,7 @@ static int nl802154_send_device(struct s hdr = nl802154hdr_put(msg, portid, seq, flags, cmd); if (!hdr) - return -1; + return -ENOBUFS; if (nla_put_u32(msg, NL802154_ATTR_IFINDEX, dev->ifindex)) goto nla_put_failure; @@ -1843,7 +1843,7 @@ static int nl802154_send_devkey(struct s hdr = nl802154hdr_put(msg, portid, seq, flags, cmd); if (!hdr) - return -1; + return -ENOBUFS; if (nla_put_u32(msg, NL802154_ATTR_IFINDEX, dev->ifindex)) goto nla_put_failure; @@ -2020,7 +2020,7 @@ static int nl802154_send_seclevel(struct hdr = nl802154hdr_put(msg, portid, seq, flags, cmd); if (!hdr) - return -1; + return -ENOBUFS; if (nla_put_u32(msg, NL802154_ATTR_IFINDEX, dev->ifindex)) goto nla_put_failure; Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from miquel.raynal@xxxxxxxxxxx are queue-4.9/net-ieee802154-return-meaningful-error-codes-from-the-netlink-helpers.patch