netdev - [PATCH net-next] net/smc: cast sizeof to int for comparison

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Date:   Sat, 15 Sep 2018 18:00:36 +0800
From:   YueHaibing <yuehaibing@...wei.com>
To:     <davem@...emloft.net>, <ubraun@...ux.ibm.com>
CC:     <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        <linux-s390@...r.kernel.org>, YueHaibing <yuehaibing@...wei.com>
Subject: [PATCH net-next] net/smc: cast sizeof to int for comparison

Comparing an int to a size, which is unsigned, causes the int to become
unsigned, giving the wrong result. kernel_sendmsg can return a negative
error code.

Signed-off-by: YueHaibing <yuehaibing@...wei.com>
---
 net/smc/smc_clc.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/net/smc/smc_clc.c b/net/smc/smc_clc.c
index 83aba9a..fd0f5ce 100644
--- a/net/smc/smc_clc.c
+++ b/net/smc/smc_clc.c
@@ -446,7 +446,7 @@ int smc_clc_send_proposal(struct smc_sock *smc, int smc_type,
 	vec[i++].iov_len = sizeof(trl);
 	/* due to the few bytes needed for clc-handshake this cannot block */
 	len = kernel_sendmsg(smc->clcsock, &msg, vec, i, plen);
-	if (len < sizeof(pclc)) {
+	if (len < (int)sizeof(pclc)) {
 		if (len >= 0) {
 			reason_code = -ENETUNREACH;
 			smc->sk.sk_err = -reason_code;
-- 
1.8.3.1