2 files changed, 5 insertions, 9 deletions

diff --git a/fs/eventfd.c b/fs/eventfd.c
index dba15fecf23e..d81b9f654086 100644
--- a/fs/eventfd.c
+++ b/fs/eventfd.c
@@ -46,20 +46,16 @@ struct eventfd_ctx {
  * value, and we signal this as overflow condition by returining a POLLERR
  * to poll(2).
  *
- * Returns @n in case of success, a non-negative number lower than @n in case
- * of overflow, or the following error codes:
- *
- * -EINVAL    : The value of @n is negative.
+ * Returns the amount by which the counter was incrememnted.  This will be less
+ * than @n if the counter has overflowed.
  */
-int eventfd_signal(struct eventfd_ctx *ctx, int n)
+__u64 eventfd_signal(struct eventfd_ctx *ctx, __u64 n)
 {
         unsigned long flags;
 
-        if (n < 0)
-                return -EINVAL;
         spin_lock_irqsave(&ctx->wqh.lock, flags);
         if (ULLONG_MAX - ctx->count < n)
-                n = (int) (ULLONG_MAX - ctx->count);
+                n = ULLONG_MAX - ctx->count;
         ctx->count += n;
         if (waitqueue_active(&ctx->wqh))
                 wake_up_locked_poll(&ctx->wqh, POLLIN);
diff --git a/include/linux/eventfd.h b/include/linux/eventfd.h
index 91bb4f27238c..3c3ef19a625a 100644
--- a/include/linux/eventfd.h
+++ b/include/linux/eventfd.h
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ void eventfd_ctx_put(struct eventfd_ctx *ctx);
 struct file *eventfd_fget(int fd);
 struct eventfd_ctx *eventfd_ctx_fdget(int fd);
 struct eventfd_ctx *eventfd_ctx_fileget(struct file *file);
-int eventfd_signal(struct eventfd_ctx *ctx, int n);
+__u64 eventfd_signal(struct eventfd_ctx *ctx, __u64 n);
 ssize_t eventfd_ctx_read(struct eventfd_ctx *ctx, int no_wait, __u64 *cnt);
 int eventfd_ctx_remove_wait_queue(struct eventfd_ctx *ctx, wait_queue_t *wait,
                                   __u64 *cnt);