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1 files changed, 4 insertions, 8 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);