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proc: fix return value of proc_reg_open() in "too late" case
authorAlexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@gmail.com>
Thu, 2 Oct 2008 20:18:52 +0000 (00:18 +0400)
committerAlexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@gmail.com>
Fri, 10 Oct 2008 00:18:54 +0000 (04:18 +0400)
If ->open() wasn't called, returning 0 is misleading and, theoretically,
oopsable:
1) remove_proc_entry clears ->proc_fops, drops lock,
2) ->open "succeeds",
3) ->release oopses, because it assumes ->open was called (single_release()).

Signed-off-by: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@gmail.com>
fs/proc/inode.c

index 8bb03f056c282ec1c0b4b256c5f4ed4551182f1c..c6b4fa7e3b49e9a2625bf3a76465c85d7df7eba2 100644 (file)
@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@ static int proc_reg_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
        if (!pde->proc_fops) {
                spin_unlock(&pde->pde_unload_lock);
                kfree(pdeo);
-               return rv;
+               return -EINVAL;
        }
        pde->pde_users++;
        open = pde->proc_fops->open;