linux-kernel - [PATCH] block: fix SG_IO to return a proper error value

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Message-Id: <20090403204911X.fujita.tomonori@lab.ntt.co.jp>
Date:	Fri, 3 Apr 2009 20:49:03 +0900
From:	FUJITA Tomonori <fujita.tomonori@....ntt.co.jp>
To:	Jens.Axboe@...cle.com
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] block: fix SG_IO to return a proper error value

blk_rq_unmap_user() returns -EFAULT if a program passes an invalid
address to kernel. SG_IO path needs to pass the returned value to user
space instead of ignoring it.

Signed-off-by: FUJITA Tomonori <fujita.tomonori@....ntt.co.jp>
---
 block/scsi_ioctl.c |    6 ++++--
 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/block/scsi_ioctl.c b/block/scsi_ioctl.c
index 626ee27..84b7f87 100644
--- a/block/scsi_ioctl.c
+++ b/block/scsi_ioctl.c
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ static int blk_fill_sghdr_rq(struct request_queue *q, struct request *rq,
 static int blk_complete_sghdr_rq(struct request *rq, struct sg_io_hdr *hdr,
 				 struct bio *bio)
 {
-	int ret = 0;
+	int r, ret = 0;
 
 	/*
 	 * fill in all the output members
@@ -242,7 +242,9 @@ static int blk_complete_sghdr_rq(struct request *rq, struct sg_io_hdr *hdr,
 			ret = -EFAULT;
 	}
 
-	blk_rq_unmap_user(bio);
+	r = blk_rq_unmap_user(bio);
+	if (!ret)
+		ret = r;
 	blk_put_request(rq);
 
 	return ret;
-- 
1.6.0.6

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