netdev - [PATCH net-next] ethtool: propagate get

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Date:   Sat, 23 May 2020 17:40:25 +0200
From:   Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>
To:     David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
Cc:     "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH net-next] ethtool: propagate get_coalesce return value

get_coalesce returns 0 or ERRNO, but the return value isn't checked.
The returned coalesce data may be invalid if an ERRNO is set,
therefore better check and propagate the return value.

Signed-off-by: Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>
---
 net/ethtool/ioctl.c | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/net/ethtool/ioctl.c b/net/ethtool/ioctl.c
index eeb1137a3..923e220ff 100644
--- a/net/ethtool/ioctl.c
+++ b/net/ethtool/ioctl.c
@@ -1510,11 +1510,14 @@ static noinline_for_stack int ethtool_get_coalesce(struct net_device *dev,
 						   void __user *useraddr)
 {
 	struct ethtool_coalesce coalesce = { .cmd = ETHTOOL_GCOALESCE };
+	int ret;
 
 	if (!dev->ethtool_ops->get_coalesce)
 		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 
-	dev->ethtool_ops->get_coalesce(dev, &coalesce);
+	ret = dev->ethtool_ops->get_coalesce(dev, &coalesce);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
 
 	if (copy_to_user(useraddr, &coalesce, sizeof(coalesce)))
 		return -EFAULT;
-- 
2.26.2