linux-kernel - [PATCH][next] platform/x86: intel_pmc_core: fix unsigned variable compared to less than zero

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Date:   Tue, 20 Apr 2021 13:10:44 +0100
From:   Colin King <colin.king@...onical.com>
To:     Rajneesh Bhardwaj <irenic.rajneesh@...il.com>,
        David E Box <david.e.box@...el.com>,
        Hans de Goede <hdegoede@...hat.com>,
        Mark Gross <mgross@...ux.intel.com>,
        platform-driver-x86@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH][next] platform/x86: intel_pmc_core: fix unsigned variable compared to less than zero

From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>

The check for ret < 0 is always false because ret is a (unsigned) size_t
and not a (signed) ssize_t, hence simple_write_to_buffer failures are
never detected. Fix this by making ret a ssize_t

Addresses-Coverity: ("Unsigned compared against 0")
Fixes: 8074a79fad2e ("platform/x86: intel_pmc_core: Add option to set/clear LPM mode")
Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
---
 drivers/platform/x86/intel_pmc_core.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/intel_pmc_core.c b/drivers/platform/x86/intel_pmc_core.c
index 3ae00ac85c75..d174aeb492e0 100644
--- a/drivers/platform/x86/intel_pmc_core.c
+++ b/drivers/platform/x86/intel_pmc_core.c
@@ -1360,7 +1360,7 @@ static ssize_t pmc_core_lpm_latch_mode_write(struct file *file,
 	struct pmc_dev *pmcdev = s->private;
 	bool clear = false, c10 = false;
 	unsigned char buf[8];
-	size_t ret;
+	ssize_t ret;
 	int idx, m, mode;
 	u32 reg;
 
-- 
2.30.2