[PATCH] do_coredump: fix the "ispipe" error check

[Oleg Nesterov]

do_coredump() assumes that if format_corename() fails it should
return -ENOMEM. This is not true, for example cn_print_exe_file()
can propagate the error from d_path. Even if it was true, this is
too fragile. Change the code to check "ispipe < 0".

Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx>
---

 fs/exec.c |   12 ++++++------
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

--- ptrace/fs/exec.c~corename_errcode	2011-06-07 19:44:30.000000000 +0200
+++ ptrace/fs/exec.c	2011-06-07 20:20:48.000000000 +0200
@@ -2092,16 +2092,16 @@ void do_coredump(long signr, int exit_co
 
 	ispipe = format_corename(&cn, signr);
 
-	if (ispipe == -ENOMEM) {
-		printk(KERN_WARNING "format_corename failed\n");
-		printk(KERN_WARNING "Aborting core\n");
-		goto fail_corename;
-	}
-
  	if (ispipe) {
 		int dump_count;
 		char **helper_argv;
 
+		if (ispipe < 0) {
+			printk(KERN_WARNING "format_corename failed\n");
+			printk(KERN_WARNING "Aborting core\n");
+			goto fail_corename;
+		}
+
 		if (cprm.limit == 1) {
 			/*
 			 * Normally core limits are irrelevant to pipes, since

--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/