linux-kernel - [patch] epoll - fix size check in epoll

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Date:	Tue, 12 May 2009 12:10:23 -0700 (PDT)
From:	Davide Libenzi <davidel@...ilserver.org>
To:	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, Hiroyuki.Mach@...il.com,
	rohit verma <rohit.170309@...il.com>
Subject: [patch] epoll - fix size check in epoll_create

Andrew, this one-liner fixes a size check WRT the manual pages, that had 
been broken somewhere in the past (might have been Uli with the 
open-with-flags changes, though I'm not sure).



Signed-off-by: Davide Libenzi <davidel@...ilserver.org>


- Davide


---
 fs/eventpoll.c |    2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

Index: linux-2.6.mod/fs/eventpoll.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.mod.orig/fs/eventpoll.c	2009-05-12 12:05:36.000000000 -0700
+++ linux-2.6.mod/fs/eventpoll.c	2009-05-12 12:05:56.000000000 -0700
@@ -1212,7 +1212,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE1(epoll_create1, int, flag
 
 SYSCALL_DEFINE1(epoll_create, int, size)
 {
-	if (size < 0)
+	if (size <= 0)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	return sys_epoll_create1(0);

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