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From: Rui Xiang <rui.xiang@huawei.com>
To: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>, Alexander Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Subject: Re: [PATCH RESEND 1/2] proc: change return values while get_proc_task err
Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2013 13:55:42 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <52A7FE5E.3040307@huawei.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20131210150241.5b741b8754112b1ab6d3abd6@linux-foundation.org>

On 2013/12/11 7:02, Andrew Morton wrote:
> On Mon, 9 Dec 2013 20:11:54 +0800 Rui Xiang <rui.xiang@huawei.com> wrote:
> 
>> While getting proc task error, it shoule return -ESRCH.
>>
>> ...
>>
>> --- a/fs/proc/base.c
>> +++ b/fs/proc/base.c
>> @@ -174,9 +174,10 @@ static int get_task_root(struct task_struct *task, struct path *root)
>>  static int proc_cwd_link(struct dentry *dentry, struct path *path)
>>  {
>>  	struct task_struct *task = get_proc_task(dentry->d_inode);
>> -	int result = -ENOENT;
>> +	int result = -ESRCH;
> 
> I suppose so.  But there is risk here of breaking existing applications
> and I don't think this problem is serious enough to justify that risk?
> 
Got it. Thanks for your comment.

Thanks
 Rui



      reply	other threads:[~2013-12-11  5:55 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-12-09 12:11 [PATCH RESEND 1/2] proc: change return values while get_proc_task err Rui Xiang
2013-12-09 12:11 ` [PATCH RESEND 2/2] proc: set attributes of pde by accessor functions Rui Xiang
2013-12-10 23:02 ` [PATCH RESEND 1/2] proc: change return values while get_proc_task err Andrew Morton
2013-12-11  5:55   ` Rui Xiang [this message]

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