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* [PATCH 1/1] net: dcb: set error code on failures
@ 2016-12-03 13:49 Pan Bian
  2016-12-04  4:55 ` David Miller
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
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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