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Date:   Thu, 22 Aug 2019 17:47:40 +0000
From:   Dragan Cvetic <draganc@...inx.com>
To:     Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>,
        Derek Kiernan <dkiernan@...inx.com>
CC:     Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Michal Simek <michals@...inx.com>,
        "linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org" 
        <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org" <kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: [PATCH 2/4] misc: xilinx_sdfec: Return -EFAULT if
 copy_from_user() fails

Hi Dan,

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dan Carpenter [mailto:dan.carpenter@...cle.com]
> Sent: Wednesday 21 August 2019 08:07
> To: Derek Kiernan <dkiernan@...inx.com>; Dragan Cvetic <draganc@...inx.com>
> Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>; Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>; Michal Simek <michals@...inx.com>;
> linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org; linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org; kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
> Subject: [PATCH 2/4] misc: xilinx_sdfec: Return -EFAULT if copy_from_user() fails
> 
> The copy_from_user() funciton returns the number of bytes remaining to
> be copied but we want to return -EFAULT to the user.
> 
> Fixes: 20ec628e8007 ("misc: xilinx_sdfec: Add ability to configure LDPC")
> Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
> ---
>  drivers/misc/xilinx_sdfec.c | 5 +++--
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/misc/xilinx_sdfec.c b/drivers/misc/xilinx_sdfec.c
> index dc1b8b412712..813b82c59360 100644
> --- a/drivers/misc/xilinx_sdfec.c
> +++ b/drivers/misc/xilinx_sdfec.c
> @@ -651,9 +651,10 @@ static int xsdfec_add_ldpc(struct xsdfec_dev *xsdfec, void __user *arg)
>  	if (!ldpc)
>  		return -ENOMEM;
> 
> -	ret = copy_from_user(ldpc, arg, sizeof(*ldpc));
> -	if (ret)
> +	if (copy_from_user(ldpc, arg, sizeof(*ldpc))) {
> +		ret = -EFAULT;
>  		goto err_out;
> +	}
> 
>  	if (xsdfec->config.code == XSDFEC_TURBO_CODE) {
>  		ret = -EIO;
> --
> 2.20.1

Reviewed-by: Dragan Cvetic <dragan.cvetic@...inx.com>

Thanks,
Dragan