Function skb_splice_bits can return negative values, its result should be assigned to signed variable to allow correct error checking.
The problem has been detected using patch scripts/coccinelle/tests/unsigned_lesser_than_zero.cocci. Signed-off-by: Andrzej Hajda <a.ha...@samsung.com> --- net/kcm/kcmsock.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/net/kcm/kcmsock.c b/net/kcm/kcmsock.c index 40662d73..0b68ba7 100644 --- a/net/kcm/kcmsock.c +++ b/net/kcm/kcmsock.c @@ -1483,7 +1483,7 @@ static ssize_t kcm_splice_read(struct socket *sock, loff_t *ppos, long timeo; struct kcm_rx_msg *rxm; int err = 0; - size_t copied; + ssize_t copied; struct sk_buff *skb; /* Only support splice for SOCKSEQPACKET */ -- 1.9.1