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Date:	Mon,  2 Sep 2013 03:11:02 +0300
From:	Tomas Winkler <tomas.winkler@...el.com>
To:	gregkh@...uxfoundation.org
Cc:	arnd@...db.de, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Alexander Usyskin <alexander.usyskin@...el.com>,
	Tomas Winkler <tomas.winkler@...el.com>
Subject: [char-misc-next 3/5] mei: mei_write correct checks for copy_from_user

From: Alexander Usyskin <alexander.usyskin@...el.com>

1. return -EFUALT when copy_from_user fails
2. display error message on failure in error level

Signed-off-by: Alexander Usyskin <alexander.usyskin@...el.com>
Signed-off-by: Tomas Winkler <tomas.winkler@...el.com>
---
 drivers/misc/mei/main.c | 7 +++++--
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/misc/mei/main.c b/drivers/misc/mei/main.c
index 173ff09..5ff810b 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/mei/main.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/mei/main.c
@@ -404,8 +404,11 @@ static ssize_t mei_write(struct file *file, const char __user *ubuf,
 		goto out;
 
 	rets = copy_from_user(write_cb->request_buffer.data, ubuf, length);
-	if (rets)
+	if (rets) {
+		dev_err(&dev->pdev->dev, "failed to copy data from userland\n");
+		rets = -EFAULT;
 		goto out;
+	}
 
 	if (cl == &dev->iamthif_cl) {
 		rets = mei_amthif_write(dev, write_cb);
@@ -567,7 +570,7 @@ static long mei_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long data)
 	dev_dbg(&dev->pdev->dev, "copy connect data from user\n");
 	if (copy_from_user(connect_data, (char __user *)data,
 				sizeof(struct mei_connect_client_data))) {
-		dev_dbg(&dev->pdev->dev, "failed to copy data from userland\n");
+		dev_err(&dev->pdev->dev, "failed to copy data from userland\n");
 		rets = -EFAULT;
 		goto out;
 	}
-- 
1.8.3.1

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