linux-kernel - [PATCH 1/2] elf: simpler check for -EEXIST

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Date:   Thu, 14 Mar 2019 23:42:08 +0300
From:   Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@...il.com>
To:     akpm@...ux-foundation.org
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, penguin-kernel@...ove.SAKURA.ne.jp
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] elf: simpler check for -EEXIST

	PTR_ERR((void *)map_addr) == -EEXIST

is a very complicated way of doing the obvious.

Signed-off-by: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@...il.com>
---

 fs/binfmt_elf.c |    3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

--- a/fs/binfmt_elf.c
+++ b/fs/binfmt_elf.c
@@ -375,8 +375,7 @@ static unsigned long elf_map(struct file *filep, unsigned long addr,
 	} else
 		map_addr = vm_mmap(filep, addr, size, prot, type, off);
 
-	if ((type & MAP_FIXED_NOREPLACE) &&
-	    PTR_ERR((void *)map_addr) == -EEXIST)
+	if ((type & MAP_FIXED_NOREPLACE) && map_addr == -EEXIST)
 		pr_info("%d (%s): Uhuuh, elf segment at %px requested but the memory is mapped already\n",
 			task_pid_nr(current), current->comm, (void *)addr);