[patch] mei: copy_from_user() doesn't return an error code

[Dan Carpenter]

copy_from_user() returns the number of bytes remaining but we should be
returning -EFAULT here.

Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
Only needed in linux-next.

diff --git a/drivers/misc/mei/main.c b/drivers/misc/mei/main.c
index ed4943f..ce1014e 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/mei/main.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/mei/main.c
@@ -607,8 +607,8 @@ static ssize_t mei_write(struct file *file, const char __user *ubuf,
 
 	dev_dbg(&dev->pdev->dev, "cb request size = %zd\n", length);
 
-	rets = copy_from_user(write_cb->request_buffer.data, ubuf, length);
-	if (rets)
+	rets = -EFAULT;
+	if (copy_from_user(write_cb->request_buffer.data, ubuf, length))
 		goto unlock_dev;
 
 	cl->sm_state = 0;
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