linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] selftests/exec: allow shell return code of 126

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Date:	Mon, 5 Jan 2015 12:35:04 +0100
From:	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To:	David Drysdale <drysdale@...gle.com>
Cc:	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Andreas Schwab <schwab@...ux-m68k.org>,
	Shuah Khan <shuahkh@....samsung.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-m68k <linux-m68k@...ts.linux-m68k.org>,
	"linux-api@...r.kernel.org" <linux-api@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] selftests/exec: allow shell return code of 126

On Mon, Jan 5, 2015 at 12:19 PM, David Drysdale <drysdale@...gle.com> wrote:
> When the shell fails to invoke a script because its path name
> is too long (ENAMETOOLONG), most shells return 127 to indicate
> command not found.  However, some systems report 126 (which POSIX
> suggests should indicate a non-executable file) for this case,
> so allow that too.

Thanks, after this patch, the execveat selftest succeeds on m68k with
Debian 4.0.

> Reported-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
> Signed-off-by: David Drysdale <drysdale@...gle.com>

Tested-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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