linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] waitid si

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Date:	Sat, 8 Mar 2008 23:19:09 +0300
From:	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...sign.ru>
To:	Roland McGrath <roland@...hat.com>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] waitid si_code regression

On 03/08, Roland McGrath wrote:
> 
> In commit ee7c82da830ea860b1f9274f1f0cdf99f206e7c2, the magic (short)
> cast when storing si_code was lost in wait_task_stopped.  This leaks
> the in-kernel CLD_* values that do not match what userland expects.
> 
> diff --git a/kernel/exit.c b/kernel/exit.c
> index cd20bf0..53872bf 100644
> --- a/kernel/exit.c
> +++ b/kernel/exit.c
> @@ -1378,7 +1378,7 @@ unlock_sig:
>  	if (!retval && infop)
>  		retval = put_user(0, &infop->si_errno);
>  	if (!retval && infop)
> -		retval = put_user(why, &infop->si_code);
> +		retval = put_user((short)why, &infop->si_code);

Ugh, thanks.

Oleg.

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