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From: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@tv-sign.ru>
To: Roland McGrath <roland@redhat.com>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] waitid si_code regression
Date: Sat, 8 Mar 2008 23:19:09 +0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20080308201909.GA83@tv-sign.ru> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20080308194122.4EEB226F991@magilla.localdomain>

On 03/08, Roland McGrath wrote:
> 
> In commit ee7c82da830ea860b1f9274f1f0cdf99f206e7c2, the magic (short)
> cast when storing si_code was lost in wait_task_stopped.  This leaks
> the in-kernel CLD_* values that do not match what userland expects.
> 
> diff --git a/kernel/exit.c b/kernel/exit.c
> index cd20bf0..53872bf 100644
> --- a/kernel/exit.c
> +++ b/kernel/exit.c
> @@ -1378,7 +1378,7 @@ unlock_sig:
>  	if (!retval && infop)
>  		retval = put_user(0, &infop->si_errno);
>  	if (!retval && infop)
> -		retval = put_user(why, &infop->si_code);
> +		retval = put_user((short)why, &infop->si_code);

Ugh, thanks.

Oleg.


      reply	other threads:[~2008-03-08 20:19 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-03-08 19:41 [PATCH] waitid si_code regression Roland McGrath
2008-03-08 20:19 ` Oleg Nesterov [this message]

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