[PATCH 4.5 13/88] wlcore: fix error handling in wlcore_event_fw_logger

From: Greg Kroah-Hartman
Date: Mon May 09 2016 - 03:24:13 EST


4.5-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Andrzej Hajda <a.hajda@xxxxxxxxxxx>

commit 68f37e5d7a2e00306adab033fba6c3042b33e8e1 upstream.

wlcore_read/wlcore_write can return negative values so it should
be assigned to signed variable.

The problem has been detected using proposed semantic patch
scripts/coccinelle/tests/unsigned_lesser_than_zero.cocci [1].

[1]: http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/2120705

Fixes: 3719c17e1816 ("wlcore/wl18xx: fw logger over sdio")
Signed-off-by: Andrzej Hajda <a.hajda@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <kvalo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

---
drivers/net/wireless/ti/wlcore/event.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wlcore/event.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wlcore/event.c
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@

int wlcore_event_fw_logger(struct wl1271 *wl)
{
- u32 ret;
+ int ret;
struct fw_logger_information fw_log;
u8 *buffer;
u32 internal_fw_addrbase = WL18XX_DATA_RAM_BASE_ADDRESS;