pktgen: Fix unsigned function that is returning negative vals
authorPaul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@windriver.com>
Thu, 19 Jan 2012 15:40:06 +0000 (15:40 +0000)
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Sun, 22 Jan 2012 20:08:44 +0000 (15:08 -0500)
Every call to num_args() immediately checks the return value for
less than zero, as it will return -EFAULT for a failed get_user()
call.  So it makes no sense for the function to be declared as an
unsigned long.

Signed-off-by: Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@windriver.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
net/core/pktgen.c

index 65f80c7b1656b81fd5646c8caf24016ce3782ffa..4d8ce93cd5039b191b468fcb87f23ee0457c5cc4 100644 (file)
@@ -767,8 +767,8 @@ done:
        return i;
 }
 
-static unsigned long num_arg(const char __user * user_buffer,
-                            unsigned long maxlen, unsigned long *num)
+static long num_arg(const char __user *user_buffer, unsigned long maxlen,
+                               unsigned long *num)
 {
        int i;
        *num = 0;