Commit c09f56b8f68d ("net/sunrpc: Fix return value for sysctl
sunrpc.transports") attempted to add error checking for the call to
memory_read_from_buffer(), however its return value was assigned to a
size_t variable, so any negative values would be lost in the cast. Fix
this.

Addresses-Coverity-ID: 1498033: Control flow issues (NO_EFFECT)
Fixes: c09f56b8f68d ("net/sunrpc: Fix return value for sysctl 
sunrpc.transports")
Signed-off-by: Alex Dewar <alex.dewa...@gmail.com>
---
 net/sunrpc/sysctl.c | 7 +++++--
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/sunrpc/sysctl.c b/net/sunrpc/sysctl.c
index a18b36b5422d..c95a2b84dd95 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/sysctl.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/sysctl.c
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ rpc_unregister_sysctl(void)
 static int proc_do_xprt(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
                        void *buffer, size_t *lenp, loff_t *ppos)
 {
+       ssize_t bytes_read;
        char tmpbuf[256];
        size_t len;
 
@@ -70,12 +71,14 @@ static int proc_do_xprt(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
                return 0;
        }
        len = svc_print_xprts(tmpbuf, sizeof(tmpbuf));
-       *lenp = memory_read_from_buffer(buffer, *lenp, ppos, tmpbuf, len);
+       bytes_read = memory_read_from_buffer(buffer, *lenp, ppos, tmpbuf, len);
 
-       if (*lenp < 0) {
+       if (bytes_read < 0) {
                *lenp = 0;
                return -EINVAL;
        }
+
+       *lenp = bytes_read;
        return 0;
 }
 
-- 
2.29.1

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