Merge tag 'driver-core-4.11-rc6' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/driver-core

Pull driver core fixes from Greg KH:
 "Here are 3 small fixes for 4.11-rc6.

  One resolves a reported issue with sysfs files that NeilBrown found,
  one is a documenatation fix for the stable kernel rules, and the last
  is a small MAINTAINERS file update for kernfs"

* tag 'driver-core-4.11-rc6' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/driver-core:
  MAINTAINERS: separate out kernfs maintainership
  sysfs: be careful of error returns from ops->show()
  Documentation: stable-kernel-rules: fix stable-tag format

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/fs/sysfs/file.c b/fs/sysfs/file.c
index b803213d1307..39c75a86c67f 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/file.c
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ static ssize_t sysfs_kf_read(struct kernfs_open_file *of, char *buf,
 {
 	const struct sysfs_ops *ops = sysfs_file_ops(of->kn);
 	struct kobject *kobj = of->kn->parent->priv;
-	size_t len;
+	ssize_t len;
 
 	/*
 	 * If buf != of->prealloc_buf, we don't know how
@@ -117,13 +117,15 @@ static ssize_t sysfs_kf_read(struct kernfs_open_file *of, char *buf,
 	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(buf != of->prealloc_buf))
 		return 0;
 	len = ops->show(kobj, of->kn->priv, buf);
+	if (len < 0)
+		return len;
 	if (pos) {
 		if (len <= pos)
 			return 0;
 		len -= pos;
 		memmove(buf, buf + pos, len);
 	}
-	return min(count, len);
+	return min_t(ssize_t, count, len);
 }
 
 /* kernfs write callback for regular sysfs files */