linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] use defines in sys_getpriority/sys

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Date:	Thu, 10 May 2007 16:48:19 -0700
From:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Daniel Walker <dwalker@...sta.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] use defines in sys_getpriority/sys_setpriority

On Thu, 10 May 2007 10:22:23 -0700
Daniel Walker <dwalker@...sta.com> wrote:

> Switch to the defines for these two checks, instead of hard
> coding the values.
> 
> Signed-Off-By: Daniel Walker <dwalker@...sta.com>
> 
> ---
>  kernel/sys.c |    4 ++--
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> Index: linux-2.6.21/kernel/sys.c
> ===================================================================
> --- linux-2.6.21.orig/kernel/sys.c
> +++ linux-2.6.21/kernel/sys.c
> @@ -598,7 +598,7 @@ asmlinkage long sys_setpriority(int whic
>  	int error = -EINVAL;
>  	struct pid *pgrp;
>  
> -	if (which > 2 || which < 0)
> +	if (which > PRIO_USER || which < PRIO_PROCESS)
>  		goto out;
>  
>  	/* normalize: avoid signed division (rounding problems) */
> @@ -662,7 +662,7 @@ asmlinkage long sys_getpriority(int whic
>  	long niceval, retval = -ESRCH;
>  	struct pid *pgrp;
>  
> -	if (which > 2 || which < 0)
> +	if (which > PRIO_USER || which < PRIO_PROCESS)
>  		return -EINVAL;
>  
>  	read_lock(&tasklist_lock);

I added this:

--- a/kernel/sys.c~use-defines-in-sys_getpriority-sys_setpriority-fix
+++ a/kernel/sys.c
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 #include <linux/prctl.h>
 #include <linux/highuid.h>
 #include <linux/fs.h>
+#include <linux/resource.h>
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
 #include <linux/kexec.h>
 #include <linux/workqueue.h>
_

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