Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] misc: mei: client.c: return negative error code in mei_cl_write

[Greg KH]

On Mon, Nov 20, 2023 at 05:55:23PM +0800, Su Hui wrote:
> mei_msg_hdr_init() return negative error code, rets should be
> 'PTR_ERR(mei_hdr)' rather than '-PTR_ERR(mei_hdr)'.
> 
> Fixes: 0cd7c01a60f8 ("mei: add support for mei extended header.")
> Signed-off-by: Su Hui <suhui@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> v2: split v1 patch to different patches
> v1: https://lore.kernel.org/all/5c98fc07-36a9-92cc-f8d6-c4efdc0c34aa@xxxxxxxxxxxx/
> 
>  drivers/misc/mei/client.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/misc/mei/client.c b/drivers/misc/mei/client.c
> index 9c8fc87938a7..7ea80779a0e2 100644
> --- a/drivers/misc/mei/client.c
> +++ b/drivers/misc/mei/client.c
> @@ -2011,7 +2011,7 @@ ssize_t mei_cl_write(struct mei_cl *cl, struct mei_cl_cb *cb, unsigned long time
>  
>  	mei_hdr = mei_msg_hdr_init(cb);
>  	if (IS_ERR(mei_hdr)) {
> -		rets = -PTR_ERR(mei_hdr);
> +		rets = PTR_ERR(mei_hdr);
>  		mei_hdr = NULL;
>  		goto err;
>  	}
> -- 
> 2.30.2
> 

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