[PATCH 4.4 105/268] media: dmxdev: fix error code for invalid ioctls
From: Greg Kroah-Hartman
Date: Mon May 28 2018 - 11:35:25 EST
4.4-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know.
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From: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
[ Upstream commit a145f64c6107d3aa5a7cec9f8977d04ac2a896c9 ]
Returning -EINVAL when an ioctl is not implemented is a very
bad idea, as it is hard to distinguish from other error
contitions that an ioctl could lead. Replace it by its
right error code: -ENOTTY.
Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <alexander.levin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/media/dvb-core/dmxdev.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
--- a/drivers/media/dvb-core/dmxdev.c
+++ b/drivers/media/dvb-core/dmxdev.c
@@ -1071,7 +1071,7 @@ static int dvb_demux_do_ioctl(struct fil
break;
default:
- ret = -EINVAL;
+ ret = -ENOTTY;
break;
}
mutex_unlock(&dmxdev->mutex);