netdev - [PATCH] IRDA: Fix genlmsg_put() return value check.

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Message-Id: <1214299754-27769-1-git-send-email-juliusv@google.com>
Date:	Tue, 24 Jun 2008 11:29:14 +0200
From:	Julius Volz <juliusv@...gle.com>
To:	davem@...emloft.net
Cc:	kaber@...sh.net, samuel@...tiz.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	Julius Volz <juliusv@...gle.com>
Subject: [PATCH] IRDA: Fix genlmsg_put() return value check.

Fix an incorrect return value check of genlmsg_put() in irda_nl_get_mode().
genlmsg_put() does not use ERR_PTR() to encode return values, it just
returns NULL on error.

Signed-off-by: Julius Volz <juliusv@...gle.com>
---
 net/irda/irnetlink.c |    4 ++--
 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/irda/irnetlink.c b/net/irda/irnetlink.c
index 9e1fb82..ea11cb4 100644
--- a/net/irda/irnetlink.c
+++ b/net/irda/irnetlink.c
@@ -101,8 +101,8 @@ static int irda_nl_get_mode(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
 
 	hdr = genlmsg_put(msg, info->snd_pid, info->snd_seq,
 			  &irda_nl_family, 0,  IRDA_NL_CMD_GET_MODE);
-	if (IS_ERR(hdr)) {
-		ret = PTR_ERR(hdr);
+	if (hdr == NULL) {
+		ret = -EMSGSIZE;
 		goto err_out;
 	}
 
-- 
1.5.3.6

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