[PATCH] net-sysfs: Report link speed as signed integer

[Michal Privoznik]

The link speed is available at /sys/class/net/$nic/speed.
However, the speed is printed in unsigned integer format. This
makes userspace applications read an incorrect value (which
moreover changes through several architectures) while in fact
'-1' should be reported.

Before the change:
  # cat /sys/class/net/eth0/speed
  4294967295

After the change:
  # cat /sys/class/net/eth0/speed
  -1

Signed-off-by: Michal Privoznik <mprivozn@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
 net/core/net-sysfs.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/net/core/net-sysfs.c b/net/core/net-sysfs.c
index 1cac29e..99afdea 100644
--- a/net/core/net-sysfs.c
+++ b/net/core/net-sysfs.c
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ static ssize_t speed_show(struct device *dev,
 	if (netif_running(netdev)) {
 		struct ethtool_cmd cmd;
 		if (!__ethtool_get_settings(netdev, &cmd))
-			ret = sprintf(buf, fmt_udec, ethtool_cmd_speed(&cmd));
+			ret = sprintf(buf, fmt_dec, ethtool_cmd_speed(&cmd));
 	}
 	rtnl_unlock();
 	return ret;
-- 
2.0.0

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