[PATCH] SUNRPC: return negative value in case rpcbind client creationerror

[Stanislav Kinsbursky]

Without this patch kernel will panic on LockD start, because lockd_up() checks
lockd_up_net() result for negative value.
>From my pow it's better to return negative value from rpcbind routines instead
of replacing all such checks like in lockd_up().

Signed-off-by: Stanislav Kinsbursky <skinsbursky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 net/sunrpc/rpcb_clnt.c |    4 ++--
 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/sunrpc/rpcb_clnt.c b/net/sunrpc/rpcb_clnt.c
index 92509ff..a70acae 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/rpcb_clnt.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/rpcb_clnt.c
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ static int rpcb_create_local_unix(struct net *net)
 	if (IS_ERR(clnt)) {
 		dprintk("RPC:       failed to create AF_LOCAL rpcbind "
 				"client (errno %ld).\n", PTR_ERR(clnt));
-		result = -PTR_ERR(clnt);
+		result = PTR_ERR(clnt);
 		goto out;
 	}
 
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ static int rpcb_create_local_net(struct net *net)
 	if (IS_ERR(clnt)) {
 		dprintk("RPC:       failed to create local rpcbind "
 				"client (errno %ld).\n", PTR_ERR(clnt));
-		result = -PTR_ERR(clnt);
+		result = PTR_ERR(clnt);
 		goto out;
 	}
 

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