linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] unify sys

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Date:	Mon, 5 May 2008 10:30:09 +0200
From:	DM <dm.n9107@...il.com>
To:	"Ulrich Drepper" <drepper@...hat.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	linux-mips@...ux-mips.org, sparclinux@...r.kernel.org,
	torvalds@...ux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] unify sys_pipe implementation

On Sat, May 3, 2008 at 8:01 PM, Ulrich Drepper <drepper@...hat.com> wrote:
[...]
>   /*
>  + * sys_pipe() is the normal C calling standard for creating
>  + * a pipe. It's not the way Unix traditionally does this, though.
>  + */
>  +asmlinkage long sys_pipe(int __user *fildes)
>  +{
>  +       int fd[2];
>  +       int error;
>  +
>  +       error = do_pipe(fd);
>  +       if (!error) {
>  +               if (copy_to_user(fildes, fd, sizeof(fd)))
>  +                       error = -EFAULT;
>  +       }
>  +       return error;
>  +}
>  +
[...]

I realize this code is old, but wouldn't file descriptors leak if
copy_to_user fails?

BR,
dm.n9107
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