linux-kernel - [PATCH 3/7] drivers: char: mem: fix IS_ERROR

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Date:	Mon, 15 Feb 2016 15:35:21 +0100
From:	Andrzej Hajda <a.hajda@...sung.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Andrzej Hajda <a.hajda@...sung.com>,
	Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <b.zolnierkie@...sung.com>,
	Marek Szyprowski <m.szyprowski@...sung.com>,
	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Subject: [PATCH 3/7] drivers: char: mem: fix IS_ERROR_VALUE usage

IS_ERR_VALUE macro should be used only with unsigned long type.
Specifically it works incorrectly with longer types.

The patch follows conclusion from discussion on LKML [1][2].

[1]: http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/2120927
[2]: http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/2150581

Signed-off-by: Andrzej Hajda <a.hajda@...sung.com>
---
 drivers/char/mem.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/char/mem.c b/drivers/char/mem.c
index 4f6f94c..71025c2 100644
--- a/drivers/char/mem.c
+++ b/drivers/char/mem.c
@@ -695,7 +695,7 @@ static loff_t memory_lseek(struct file *file, loff_t offset, int orig)
 		offset += file->f_pos;
 	case SEEK_SET:
 		/* to avoid userland mistaking f_pos=-9 as -EBADF=-9 */
-		if (IS_ERR_VALUE((unsigned long long)offset)) {
+		if ((unsigned long long)offset >= -MAX_ERRNO) {
 			ret = -EOVERFLOW;
 			break;
 		}
-- 
1.9.1