linux-kernel - [PATCH] Return real errno from execve in ____call

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Message-ID: <20060819073031.GA25711@atjola.homenet>
Date:	Sat, 19 Aug 2006 09:30:31 +0200
From:	Björn Steinbrink <B.Steinbrink@....de>
To:	rusty@...tcorp.com.au
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, akpm@...l.org
Subject: [PATCH] Return real errno from execve in ____call_usermodehelper

If execve fails in ____call_usermodehelper we treat its return value as
error code, but as execve is a syscall, we actually want -errno there.

Signed-off-by: Björn Steinbrink <B.Steinbrink@....de>

--

diff --git a/kernel/kmod.c b/kernel/kmod.c
index 1d32def..865abc0 100644
--- a/kernel/kmod.c
+++ b/kernel/kmod.c
@@ -149,8 +149,10 @@ static int ____call_usermodehelper(void 
 	set_cpus_allowed(current, CPU_MASK_ALL);
 
 	retval = -EPERM;
-	if (current->fs->root)
-		retval = execve(sub_info->path, sub_info->argv,sub_info->envp);
+	if (current->fs->root) {
+		execve(sub_info->path, sub_info->argv, sub_info->envp);
+		retval = -errno;
+	}
 
 	/* Exec failed? */
 	sub_info->retval = retval;

-
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