IS_ERR_VALUE macro should be used only with unsigned long type. Specifically it works incorrectly with longer types.
The patch follows conclusion from discussion on LKML [1][2]. [1]: http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/2120927 [2]: http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/2150581 Signed-off-by: Andrzej Hajda <a.ha...@samsung.com> --- drivers/char/mem.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/char/mem.c b/drivers/char/mem.c index 4f6f94c..71025c2 100644 --- a/drivers/char/mem.c +++ b/drivers/char/mem.c @@ -695,7 +695,7 @@ static loff_t memory_lseek(struct file *file, loff_t offset, int orig) offset += file->f_pos; case SEEK_SET: /* to avoid userland mistaking f_pos=-9 as -EBADF=-9 */ - if (IS_ERR_VALUE((unsigned long long)offset)) { + if ((unsigned long long)offset >= -MAX_ERRNO) { ret = -EOVERFLOW; break; } -- 1.9.1
