* [PATCH] Return a different error if unavailable keytype is used
@ 2004-09-23 9:52 David Howells
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From: David Howells @ 2004-09-23 9:52 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: akpm; +Cc: linux-kernel
The attached patch causes the add_key() syscall to return a different error if
the key type is unavailable to distinguish between that and an error
indicating the keyring to add to is unavailable.
Signed-Off-By: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
---
key.c | 2 +-
1 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff -uNrp linux-2.6.9-rc2-mm1/security/keys/key.c linux-2.6.9-rc2-mm1-afskey/security/keys/key.c
--- linux-2.6.9-rc2-mm1/security/keys/key.c 2004-09-16 12:09:57.000000000 +0100
+++ linux-2.6.9-rc2-mm1-afskey/security/keys/key.c 2004-09-22 16:14:03.000000000 +0100
@@ -744,7 +744,7 @@ struct key *key_create_or_update(struct
* types */
ktype = key_type_lookup(type);
if (IS_ERR(ktype)) {
- key = ERR_PTR(PTR_ERR(ktype));
+ key = ERR_PTR(-ENODEV);
goto error;
}
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