netdev - linux-4.6/net/kcm/kcmsock.c:1508: bad if test ?

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Date:	Mon, 16 May 2016 19:40:43 +0100
From:	David Binderman <linuxdev.baldrick@...il.com>
To:	davem@...emloft.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, dcb314@...mail.com
Subject: linux-4.6/net/kcm/kcmsock.c:1508: bad if test ?

Hello there,

linux-4.6/net/kcm/kcmsock.c:1508]: (style) Checking if unsigned
variable 'copied' is less than zero.

Source code is

    if (copied < 0) {

but

   size_t copied;

Suggest code rework.


Regards

David Binderman