From: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2017 19:18:37 +0100
A local variable was set to an error code in one case before a concrete
error situation was detected. Thus move the corresponding assignment into
an if branch to indicate a software failure there.
This issue was detected by using the Coccinelle software.
Signed-off-by: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/mips/kernel/mips-mt-fpaff.c | 5 +++--
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/mips-mt-fpaff.c b/arch/mips/kernel/mips-mt-fpaff.c
index 789d7bf4fef3..ddde22787287 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/mips-mt-fpaff.c
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/mips-mt-fpaff.c
@@ -99,9 +99,10 @@ asmlinkage long mipsmt_sys_sched_setaffinity(pid_t pid, unsigned int len,
retval = -ENOMEM;
goto out_free_new_mask;
}
- retval = -EPERM;
- if (!check_same_owner(p) && !capable(CAP_SYS_NICE))
+ if (!check_same_owner(p) && !capable(CAP_SYS_NICE)) {
+ retval = -EPERM;
goto out_unlock;
+ }
retval = security_task_setscheduler(p);
if (retval)
--
2.11.0
