netdev - [patch] net/llc: storing negative error codes in unsigned short

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Date:	Thu, 16 Sep 2010 20:12:55 +0200
From:	Dan Carpenter <error27@...il.com>
To:	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...stprotocols.net>
Cc:	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [patch] net/llc: storing negative error codes in unsigned short

If the alloc_skb() fails then we return 65431 instead of -ENOBUFS
(-105). 

Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <error27@...il.com>

diff --git a/net/llc/llc_station.c b/net/llc/llc_station.c
index e4dae02..cf4aea3 100644
--- a/net/llc/llc_station.c
+++ b/net/llc/llc_station.c
@@ -689,7 +689,7 @@ static void llc_station_rcv(struct sk_buff *skb)
 
 int __init llc_station_init(void)
 {
-	u16 rc = -ENOBUFS;
+	int rc = -ENOBUFS;
 	struct sk_buff *skb;
 	struct llc_station_state_ev *ev;
 
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