The patch titled
sys_prctl(): fix return of uninitialized value
has been removed from the -mm tree. Its filename was
sys_prctl-fix-return-of-uninitialized-value.patch
This patch was dropped because it was merged into mainline or a subsystem tree
The current -mm tree may be found at http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/mmotm/
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Subject: sys_prctl(): fix return of uninitialized value
From: Shi Weihua <shiwh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
If none of the switch cases match, the PR_SET_PDEATHSIG and
PR_SET_DUMPABLE cases of the switch statement will never write to local
variable `error'.
Signed-off-by: Shi Weihua <shiwh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Andrew G. Morgan <morgan@xxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: "Serge E. Hallyn" <serue@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/sys.c | 6 ++----
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff -puN kernel/sys.c~sys_prctl-fix-return-of-uninitialized-value kernel/sys.c
--- a/kernel/sys.c~sys_prctl-fix-return-of-uninitialized-value
+++ a/kernel/sys.c
@@ -1652,7 +1652,7 @@ asmlinkage long sys_umask(int mask)
asmlinkage long sys_prctl(int option, unsigned long arg2, unsigned long arg3,
unsigned long arg4, unsigned long arg5)
{
- long uninitialized_var(error);
+ long error = 0;
if (security_task_prctl(option, arg2, arg3, arg4, arg5, &error))
return error;
@@ -1701,9 +1701,7 @@ asmlinkage long sys_prctl(int option, un
error = PR_TIMING_STATISTICAL;
break;
case PR_SET_TIMING:
- if (arg2 == PR_TIMING_STATISTICAL)
- error = 0;
- else
+ if (arg2 != PR_TIMING_STATISTICAL)
error = -EINVAL;
break;
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from shiwh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx are
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