linux-kernel - [ 45/45] cpuset: fix the return value of cpuset_write

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Date:	Sun, 18 Aug 2013 13:36:34 -0700
From:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	stable@...r.kernel.org, Li Zefan <lizefan@...wei.com>,
	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
Subject: [ 45/45] cpuset: fix the return value of cpuset_write_u64()

3.10-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

------------------

From: Li Zefan <lizefan@...wei.com>

commit a903f0865a190f8778c73df1a810ea6e25e5d7cf upstream.

Writing to this file always returns -ENODEV:

  # echo 1 > cpuset.memory_pressure_enabled
  -bash: echo: write error: No such device

Signed-off-by: Li Zefan <lizefan@...wei.com>
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>

---
 kernel/cpuset.c |    6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

--- a/kernel/cpuset.c
+++ b/kernel/cpuset.c
@@ -1502,11 +1502,13 @@ static int cpuset_write_u64(struct cgrou
 {
 	struct cpuset *cs = cgroup_cs(cgrp);
 	cpuset_filetype_t type = cft->private;
-	int retval = -ENODEV;
+	int retval = 0;
 
 	mutex_lock(&cpuset_mutex);
-	if (!is_cpuset_online(cs))
+	if (!is_cpuset_online(cs)) {
+		retval = -ENODEV;
 		goto out_unlock;
+	}
 
 	switch (type) {
 	case FILE_CPU_EXCLUSIVE:


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