linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH]Fix return code for mkdir calls

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Message-Id: <20100820175148.a36ae797.kamezawa.hiroyu@jp.fujitsu.com>
Date:	Fri, 20 Aug 2010 17:51:48 +0900
From:	KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com>
To:	Ciju Rajan K <ciju@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Jens Axobe <jaxboe@...ionio.com>,
	Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@...hat.com>,
	"Daniel P. Berrange" <berrange@...hat.com>,
	Munehiro Ikeda <m-ikeda@...jp.nec.com>,
	Ryo Tsuruta <ryov@...inux.co.jp>, taka@...inux.co.jp,
	Andrea Righi <righi.andrea@...il.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Balbir Singh <balbir@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Bharata B Rao <bharata@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH]Fix return code for mkdir calls

On Fri, 20 Aug 2010 14:21:53 +0530
Ciju Rajan K <ciju@...ux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> This patch fixes the return value when the cgroup hierarchy for blkio 
> control groups is deeper than two levels. Right now EINVAL is returned. 
> This patch replaces EINVAL with more appropriate EPERM to align with 
> mkdir system call return values. This was discussed between Vivek and 
> Daniel sometime back. Please consider this patch for inclusion in 2.6.36.
> 
> Thanks
> Ciju
> 
Thank you!

Reviewed-by: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com>

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