linux-kernel - [PATCH] KEYS: Return more accurate error codes

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Date:	Mon, 17 May 2010 14:42:35 +0100
From:	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
To:	torvalds@...l.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org
Cc:	jmorris@...ei.org, oleg@...hat.com, keyrings@...ux-nfs.org,
	linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Dan Carpenter <error27@...il.com>,
	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
Subject: [PATCH] KEYS: Return more accurate error codes

From: Dan Carpenter <error27@...il.com>

We were using the wrong variable here so the error codes weren't being returned
properly.  The original code returns -ENOKEY.

Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <error27@...il.com>
Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
---

 security/keys/process_keys.c |    6 +++---
 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/security/keys/process_keys.c b/security/keys/process_keys.c
index 06c2ccf..20a38fe 100644
--- a/security/keys/process_keys.c
+++ b/security/keys/process_keys.c
@@ -508,7 +508,7 @@ try_again:
 
 			ret = install_thread_keyring();
 			if (ret < 0) {
-				key = ERR_PTR(ret);
+				key_ref = ERR_PTR(ret);
 				goto error;
 			}
 			goto reget_creds;
@@ -526,7 +526,7 @@ try_again:
 
 			ret = install_process_keyring();
 			if (ret < 0) {
-				key = ERR_PTR(ret);
+				key_ref = ERR_PTR(ret);
 				goto error;
 			}
 			goto reget_creds;
@@ -585,7 +585,7 @@ try_again:
 
 	case KEY_SPEC_GROUP_KEYRING:
 		/* group keyrings are not yet supported */
-		key = ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
+		key_ref = ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
 		goto error;
 
 	case KEY_SPEC_REQKEY_AUTH_KEY:

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