linux-kernel - Re: A simple question of sys

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Date:	Mon, 20 Sep 2010 08:28:56 -0700
From:	Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...otime.net>
To:	Rofail Qu <rofail@...il.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: A simple question of sys_

On Mon, 20 Sep 2010 16:34:26 +0800 Rofail Qu wrote:

> 2010/9/18 Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...otime.net>:
> > On Fri, 17 Sep 2010 14:58:30 +0800 Rofail Qu wrote:
> >
> >> How to use macro IS_ERR() ?
> >>
> >> It defines as,
> >> ...
> >> #define IS_ERR_VALUE(x) unlikely((x) >= (unsigned long)-MAX_ERRNO)
> >> static inline long __must_check IS_ERR(const void *ptr)
> >> {
> >>       return IS_ERR_VALUE((unsigned long)ptr);
> >> }
> >> ...
> >> so when pass x as a pointer and x>=-MAX_ERRNO (including NULL or any
> >> valid address),
> >> IS_ERR() will return true!
> >
> > Since your conclusion is false, some part of your premise must have a problem.
> > Can you find it?
> Got it.
> thanks any way.
> 
> >
> >
> >> IS_ERR(x) seems to use on judge if "x" is a valid error number, right?
> >
> > Yes, that's what it is for.
> So in kernel, a bad pointer must have saved an valid error number, right?

Sorry, I don't quite understand your question.


> >
> >> So in sys_execve(),
> >> ...
> >>         long error;
> >>       char* filename;
> >>
> >>       filename = getname(name);
> >>       error = PTR_ERR(filename);
> >>       if (IS_ERR(filename))     // <== should be IS_ERR((void *)error) or other?
> >>               return error;
> >>       error = do_execve(filename, argv, envp, regs);
> >> ...
> >>
> >> Where i am wrong?


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