* [PATCH 1/1] net: dcb: set error code on failures
@ 2016-12-03 13:49 Pan Bian
2016-12-04 4:55 ` David Miller
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From: Pan Bian @ 2016-12-03 13:49 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: David S. Miller, netdev; +Cc: linux-kernel, Pan Bian
From: Pan Bian <bianpan2016@163.com>
In function dcbnl_cee_fill(), returns the value of variable err on
errors. However, on some error paths (e.g. nla put fails), its value may
be 0. It may be better to explicitly set a negative errno to variable
err before returning.
Bugzilla: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=188881
Signed-off-by: Pan Bian <bianpan2016@163.com>
---
net/dcb/dcbnl.c | 1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
diff --git a/net/dcb/dcbnl.c b/net/dcb/dcbnl.c
index 4f6c186..3202d75 100644
--- a/net/dcb/dcbnl.c
+++ b/net/dcb/dcbnl.c
@@ -1353,6 +1353,7 @@ static int dcbnl_cee_fill(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *netdev)
dcb_unlock:
spin_unlock_bh(&dcb_lock);
nla_put_failure:
+ err = -EMSGSIZE;
return err;
}
--
1.9.1
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