Patch "misc: mei: client.c: return negative error code in mei_cl_write" has been added to the 6.1-stable tree

[Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx>]

This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled

    misc: mei: client.c: return negative error code in mei_cl_write

to the 6.1-stable tree which can be found at:
    http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary

The filename of the patch is:
     misc-mei-client.c-return-negative-error-code-in-mei_.patch
and it can be found in the queue-6.1 subdirectory.

If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.



commit 3ae32c6cdc53e471a1f6ffa6350370374d688490
Author: Su Hui <suhui@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date:   Mon Nov 20 17:55:23 2023 +0800

    misc: mei: client.c: return negative error code in mei_cl_write
    
    [ Upstream commit 8f06aee8089cf42fd99a20184501bd1347ce61b9 ]
    
    mei_msg_hdr_init() return negative error code, rets should be
    'PTR_ERR(mei_hdr)' rather than '-PTR_ERR(mei_hdr)'.
    
    Fixes: 0cd7c01a60f8 ("mei: add support for mei extended header.")
    Signed-off-by: Su Hui <suhui@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
    Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20231120095523.178385-1-suhui@xxxxxxxxxxxx
    Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
    Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx>

diff --git a/drivers/misc/mei/client.c b/drivers/misc/mei/client.c
index 0b2fbe1335a77..77501e392cdeb 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/mei/client.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/mei/client.c
@@ -1978,7 +1978,7 @@ ssize_t mei_cl_write(struct mei_cl *cl, struct mei_cl_cb *cb)
 
 	mei_hdr = mei_msg_hdr_init(cb);
 	if (IS_ERR(mei_hdr)) {
-		rets = -PTR_ERR(mei_hdr);
+		rets = PTR_ERR(mei_hdr);
 		mei_hdr = NULL;
 		goto err;
 	}