linux-kernel - [PATCH] kernel/itimer.c: for return value, using -EINVAL instead of -EFAULT

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Message-ID: <51C29FBC.1090507@asianux.com>
Date:	Thu, 20 Jun 2013 14:22:52 +0800
From:	Chen Gang <gang.chen@...anux.com>
To:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
CC:	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH] kernel/itimer.c: for return value, using -EINVAL instead
 of -EFAULT


For the system call getitimer(), if the parameter 'value' is NULL, need
return -EINVAL, not -EFAULT.

Signed-off-by: Chen Gang <gang.chen@...anux.com>
---
 kernel/itimer.c |    2 +-
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/itimer.c b/kernel/itimer.c
index 8d262b4..6f9d757 100644
--- a/kernel/itimer.c
+++ b/kernel/itimer.c
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ int do_getitimer(int which, struct itimerval *value)
 
 SYSCALL_DEFINE2(getitimer, int, which, struct itimerval __user *, value)
 {
-	int error = -EFAULT;
+	int error = -EINVAL;
 	struct itimerval get_buffer;
 
 	if (value) {
-- 
1.7.7.6
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