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The problem is the mismatched types between "ctx->total_len" which is
an unsigned int, "rc" which is an int, and "ctx->rc" which is a
ssize_t. The code does:
ctx->rc = (rc == 0) ? ctx->total_len : rc;
We want "ctx->rc" to store the negative "rc" error code. But what
happens is that "rc" is type promoted to a high unsigned int and
'ctx->rc" will store the high positive value instead of a negative
value.
The fix is to change "rc" from an int to a ssize_t.
Fixes: c610c4b619e5 ("CIFS: Add asynchronous write support through kernel AIO")
Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Steve French <stfrench@microsoft.com>
Linux kernel
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In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
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There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
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the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.