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authorJeff Dike <jdike@addtoit.com>2006-09-26 06:33:02 (GMT)
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@g5.osdl.org>2006-09-26 15:49:06 (GMT)
commit6b7aaad9ba4f2a059a70014be12a921eceebfc47 (patch)
treed9ba70b160b7df23dea33e5c8e83119ecdca7332
parent5e1f65a67d76341795ea527d30bfdca03999d46b (diff)
downloadlinux-fsl-qoriq-6b7aaad9ba4f2a059a70014be12a921eceebfc47.tar.xz
[PATCH] uml: Fix handling of failed execs of helpers
There were some bugs in handling failures to exec helper programs. errno was passed back from the child with the wrong sign. It was also ignored. In the case where it mattered, the errno from the (successful) read in the parent was used instead. Signed-off-by: Jeff Dike <jdike@addtoit.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
-rw-r--r--arch/um/os-Linux/helper.c22
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/arch/um/os-Linux/helper.c b/arch/um/os-Linux/helper.c
index 6987d1d..cd15b9d 100644
--- a/arch/um/os-Linux/helper.c
+++ b/arch/um/os-Linux/helper.c
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ static int helper_child(void *arg)
if(data->pre_exec != NULL)
(*data->pre_exec)(data->pre_data);
execvp(argv[0], argv);
- errval = errno;
+ errval = -errno;
printk("helper_child - execve of '%s' failed - errno = %d\n", argv[0], errno);
os_write_file(data->fd, &errval, sizeof(errval));
kill(os_getpid(), SIGKILL);
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ int run_helper(void (*pre_exec)(void *), void *pre_data, char **argv,
stack = *stack_out;
else stack = alloc_stack(0, __cant_sleep());
if(stack == 0)
- return(-ENOMEM);
+ return -ENOMEM;
ret = os_pipe(fds, 1, 0);
if(ret < 0){
@@ -95,16 +95,16 @@ int run_helper(void (*pre_exec)(void *), void *pre_data, char **argv,
/* Read the errno value from the child, if the exec failed, or get 0 if
* the exec succeeded because the pipe fd was set as close-on-exec. */
n = os_read_file(fds[0], &ret, sizeof(ret));
- if (n < 0) {
- printk("run_helper : read on pipe failed, ret = %d\n", -n);
- ret = n;
- kill(pid, SIGKILL);
- CATCH_EINTR(waitpid(pid, NULL, 0));
- } else if(n != 0){
- CATCH_EINTR(n = waitpid(pid, NULL, 0));
- ret = -errno;
- } else {
+ if(n == 0)
ret = pid;
+ else {
+ if(n < 0){
+ printk("run_helper : read on pipe failed, ret = %d\n",
+ -n);
+ ret = n;
+ kill(pid, SIGKILL);
+ }
+ CATCH_EINTR(waitpid(pid, NULL, 0));
}
out_close: