The variable copied is a size_t, so setting a negative value to it is invalid. The patch add an "err" variable for getting the error code.
Signed-off-by: LABBE Corentin <clabbe.montj...@gmail.com> --- net/llc/af_llc.c | 20 ++++++++++++-------- 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/net/llc/af_llc.c b/net/llc/af_llc.c index 8dab4e5..79b915d 100644 --- a/net/llc/af_llc.c +++ b/net/llc/af_llc.c @@ -719,9 +719,10 @@ static int llc_ui_recvmsg(struct socket *sock, struct msghdr *msg, size_t len, unsigned long used; int target; /* Read at least this many bytes */ long timeo; + int err = 0; lock_sock(sk); - copied = -ENOTCONN; + err = -ENOTCONN; if (unlikely(sk->sk_type == SOCK_STREAM && sk->sk_state == TCP_LISTEN)) goto out; @@ -745,9 +746,8 @@ static int llc_ui_recvmsg(struct socket *sock, struct msghdr *msg, size_t len, * and move it down to the bottom of the loop */ if (signal_pending(current)) { - if (copied) - break; - copied = timeo ? sock_intr_errno(timeo) : -EAGAIN; + if (!copied) + err = timeo ? sock_intr_errno(timeo) : -EAGAIN; break; } @@ -775,7 +775,7 @@ static int llc_ui_recvmsg(struct socket *sock, struct msghdr *msg, size_t len, break; if (sk->sk_err) { - copied = sock_error(sk); + err = sock_error(sk); break; } if (sk->sk_shutdown & RCV_SHUTDOWN) @@ -787,13 +787,15 @@ static int llc_ui_recvmsg(struct socket *sock, struct msghdr *msg, size_t len, * This occurs when user tries to read * from never connected socket. */ - copied = -ENOTCONN; + err = -ENOTCONN; + copied = 0; break; } break; } if (!timeo) { - copied = -EAGAIN; + err = -EAGAIN; + copied = 0; break; } } @@ -823,7 +825,7 @@ static int llc_ui_recvmsg(struct socket *sock, struct msghdr *msg, size_t len, if (rc) { /* Exception. Bailout! */ if (!copied) - copied = -EFAULT; + err = -EFAULT; break; } } @@ -850,6 +852,8 @@ static int llc_ui_recvmsg(struct socket *sock, struct msghdr *msg, size_t len, out: release_sock(sk); + if (err) + return err; return copied; copy_uaddr: if (uaddr != NULL && skb != NULL) { -- 2.4.10 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html