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* [PATCH] waitid si_code regression
@ 2008-03-08 19:41 Roland McGrath
  2008-03-08 20:19 ` Oleg Nesterov
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: Roland McGrath @ 2008-03-08 19:41 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Andrew Morton, Linus Torvalds; +Cc: Oleg Nesterov, linux-kernel


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.

Signed-off-by: Roland McGrath <roland@redhat.com>
Cc: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@tv-sign.ru>
---
 kernel/exit.c |    2 +-
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

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);
 	if (!retval && infop)
 		retval = put_user(exit_code, &infop->si_status);
 	if (!retval && infop)

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* Re: [PATCH] waitid si_code regression
  2008-03-08 19:41 [PATCH] waitid si_code regression Roland McGrath
@ 2008-03-08 20:19 ` Oleg Nesterov
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: Oleg Nesterov @ 2008-03-08 20:19 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Roland McGrath; +Cc: Andrew Morton, Linus Torvalds, linux-kernel

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.


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