[PATCH 1/1] net: dcb: set error code on failures

From: Pan Bian
Date: Sat Dec 03 2016 - 08:50:12 EST


From: Pan Bian <bianpan2016@xxxxxxx>

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@xxxxxxx>
---
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;
}

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