linux-kernel - [PATCH 4.9 81/96] media: dmxdev: fix error code for invalid ioctls

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Message-Id: <20180524093610.026366349@linuxfoundation.org>
Date:   Thu, 24 May 2018 11:39:04 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        stable@...r.kernel.org,
        Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...pensource.com>,
        Sasha Levin <alexander.levin@...rosoft.com>
Subject: [PATCH 4.9 81/96] media: dmxdev: fix error code for invalid ioctls

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

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

From: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...pensource.com>

[ Upstream commit a145f64c6107d3aa5a7cec9f8977d04ac2a896c9 ]

Returning -EINVAL when an ioctl is not implemented is a very
bad idea, as it is hard to distinguish from other error
contitions that an ioctl could lead. Replace it by its
right error code: -ENOTTY.

Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...pensource.com>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <alexander.levin@...rosoft.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
---
 drivers/media/dvb-core/dmxdev.c |    2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/drivers/media/dvb-core/dmxdev.c
+++ b/drivers/media/dvb-core/dmxdev.c
@@ -1071,7 +1071,7 @@ static int dvb_demux_do_ioctl(struct fil
 		break;
 
 	default:
-		ret = -EINVAL;
+		ret = -ENOTTY;
 		break;
 	}
 	mutex_unlock(&dmxdev->mutex);