linux-kernel - [PATCH 3.18 39/42] bcache: Correct return value for sysfs attach errors

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Message-Id: <20170924202651.580599761@linuxfoundation.org>
Date:   Sun, 24 Sep 2017 22:28:14 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        stable@...r.kernel.org, Tony Asleson <tasleson@...hat.com>,
        Coly Li <colyli@...e.de>, Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>
Subject: [PATCH 3.18 39/42] bcache: Correct return value for sysfs attach errors

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

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From: Tony Asleson <tasleson@...hat.com>

commit 77fa100f27475d08a569b9d51c17722130f089e7 upstream.

If you encounter any errors in bch_cached_dev_attach it will return
a negative error code.  The variable 'v' which stores the result is
unsigned, thus user space sees a very large value returned for bytes
written which can cause incorrect user space behavior.  Utilize 1
signed variable to use throughout the function to preserve error return
capability.

Signed-off-by: Tony Asleson <tasleson@...hat.com>
Acked-by: Coly Li <colyli@...e.de>
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>

---
 drivers/md/bcache/sysfs.c |    4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

--- a/drivers/md/bcache/sysfs.c
+++ b/drivers/md/bcache/sysfs.c
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ STORE(__cached_dev)
 {
 	struct cached_dev *dc = container_of(kobj, struct cached_dev,
 					     disk.kobj);
-	unsigned v = size;
+	ssize_t v = size;
 	struct cache_set *c;
 	struct kobj_uevent_env *env;
 
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ STORE(__cached_dev)
 		bch_cached_dev_run(dc);
 
 	if (attr == &sysfs_cache_mode) {
-		ssize_t v = bch_read_string_list(buf, bch_cache_modes + 1);
+		v = bch_read_string_list(buf, bch_cache_modes + 1);
 
 		if (v < 0)
 			return v;