1 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
index 9eb895c7a2a..3ae3cb81656 100644
--- a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
+++ b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
@@ -1084,6 +1084,13 @@ out:
         return 0;
 }
 
+/**
+ * netlink_set_err - report error to broadcast listeners
+ * @ssk: the kernel netlink socket, as returned by netlink_kernel_create()
+ * @pid: the PID of a process that we want to skip (if any)
+ * @groups: the broadcast group that will notice the error
+ * @code: error code, must be negative (as usual in kernelspace)
+ */
 void netlink_set_err(struct sock *ssk, u32 pid, u32 group, int code)
 {
         struct netlink_set_err_data info;
@@ -1093,7 +1100,8 @@ void netlink_set_err(struct sock *ssk, u32 pid, u32 group, int code)
         info.exclude_sk = ssk;
         info.pid = pid;
         info.group = group;
-        info.code = code;
+        /* sk->sk_err wants a positive error value */
+        info.code = -code;
 
         read_lock(&nl_table_lock);