Merge tag 'driver-core-4.11-rc6' of...

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

Documentation/process/stable-kernel-rules.rst

@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ specified in the following format in the sign-off area:
 
 .. code-block:: none
 
-     Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> # 3.3.x-
+     Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> # 3.3.x
 
 The tag has the meaning of:
 

MAINTAINERS

@@ -4117,14 +4117,13 @@ F:	drivers/block/drbd/
 F:	lib/lru_cache.c
 F:	Documentation/blockdev/drbd/
 
-DRIVER CORE, KOBJECTS, DEBUGFS, KERNFS AND SYSFS
+DRIVER CORE, KOBJECTS, DEBUGFS AND SYSFS
 M:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
 T:	git git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/driver-core.git
 S:	Supported
 F:	Documentation/kobject.txt
 F:	drivers/base/
 F:	fs/debugfs/
-F:	fs/kernfs/
 F:	fs/sysfs/
 F:	include/linux/debugfs.h
 F:	include/linux/kobj*
@@ -7209,6 +7208,14 @@ F:	arch/mips/include/uapi/asm/kvm*
 F:	arch/mips/include/asm/kvm*
 F:	arch/mips/kvm/
 
+KERNFS
+M:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
+M:	Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
+T:	git git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/driver-core.git
+S:	Supported
+F:	include/linux/kernfs.h
+F:	fs/kernfs/
+
 KEXEC
 M:	Eric Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com>
 W:	http://kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kernel/kexec/

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 */