Issue 3306. Better control for a lenght in findmax() function.
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_audioop.py b/Lib/test/test_audioop.py
index b94be91..8d4f30b 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_audioop.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_audioop.py
@@ -161,6 +161,10 @@
             self.assertEqual(audioop.getsample(data[1], 2, i), i)
             self.assertEqual(audioop.getsample(data[2], 4, i), i)
 
+    def test_negavitelen(self):
+        # from issue 3306, previously it segfaulted
+        self.assertRaises(audioop.error,
+            audioop.findmax, ''.join( chr(x) for x in xrange(256)), -2392392)
 
 def test_main():
     run_unittest(TestAudioop)
diff --git a/Modules/audioop.c b/Modules/audioop.c
index 31e3fa4..767cae6 100644
--- a/Modules/audioop.c
+++ b/Modules/audioop.c
@@ -575,7 +575,7 @@
         }
         len1 >>= 1;
     
-        if ( len1 < len2 ) {
+        if ( len2 < 0 || len1 < len2 ) {
                 PyErr_SetString(AudioopError, "Input sample should be longer");
                 return 0;
         }