Re: [PATCH trivial] pty: set tty on error

[Oren Laadan <orenl-RdfvBDnrOixBDgjK7y7TUQ@public.gmane.org>]

got it, thanks.

Serge E. Hallyn wrote:
> we always return tty expecting it to hold the error code.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Serge E. Hallyn <serue-r/Jw6+rmf7HQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
> ---
>  drivers/char/tty_io.c |    6 +++++-
>  1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/char/tty_io.c b/drivers/char/tty_io.c
> index 1729b2f..ee95938 100644
> --- a/drivers/char/tty_io.c
> +++ b/drivers/char/tty_io.c
> @@ -3033,8 +3033,12 @@ static struct tty_struct *do_restore_tty(struct ckpt_ctx *ctx)
>  	 */
>  	if (master) {
>  		file = pty_open_by_index("/dev/ptmx", h->index);
> -		if (IS_ERR(file))
> +		if (IS_ERR(file)) {
> +			ckpt_write_err(ctx, "TE", "Error %d opening /dev/ptmx",
> +				PTR_ERR(file));
> +			tty = ERR_PTR(PTR_ERR(file));
>  			goto out;
> +		}
>  
>  		/*
>  		 * Add file to objhash to ensure proper cleanup later