netdev - Re: [PATCH] Applying inappropriate ioctl operation on socket should return ENOTTY

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Date:	Wed, 27 Apr 2011 07:58:30 +0200
From:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:	Lifeng Sun <lifongsun@...il.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Applying inappropriate ioctl operation on socket
 should return ENOTTY

Le mercredi 27 avril 2011 à 13:37 +0800, Lifeng Sun a écrit :
> ioctl() calls against a socket with an inappropriate ioctl operation
> are incorrectly returning EINVAL rather than ENOTTY:
> 
>   [ENOTTY]
>       Inappropriate I/O control operation.
> 
> BugLink: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=33992
> 
> This bug is not limited to socket, it also occurs in a lot of, maybe
> some hundred, other ioctl operations, while in the patch I only fixed
> about a dozen of additional ones in pipe, fifo and character device
> drivers.

Really ?

EINVAL is ok too : Request or argp is not valid.

I would say, its not a bug as you claim. 

Its really too late to make such change and risk regressions.

isatty(fd) performs well. Please use it instead.

Also, networking patches should be sent to netdev@...r.kernel.org and
David Miller, as mentioned in MAINTAINERS file.



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