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epoll: fix size check in epoll_create()
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epoll-fix-size-check-in-epoll_create.patch
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Subject: epoll: fix size check in epoll_create()
From: Davide Libenzi <davidel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Fix a size check WRT the manual pages. This was inadvertently broken by
: commit 9fe5ad9c8cef9ad5873d8ee55d1cf00d9b607df0
: Author: Ulrich Drepper <drepper@xxxxxxxxxx>
: AuthorDate: Wed Jul 23 21:29:43 2008 -0700
: Commit: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
: CommitDate: Thu Jul 24 10:47:29 2008 -0700
:
: flag parameters add-on: remove epoll_create size param
Signed-off-by: Davide Libenzi <davidel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: <Hiroyuki.Mach@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: rohit verma <rohit.170309@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Ulrich Drepper <drepper@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/eventpoll.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff -puN fs/eventpoll.c~epoll-fix-size-check-in-epoll_create fs/eventpoll.c
--- a/fs/eventpoll.c~epoll-fix-size-check-in-epoll_create
+++ a/fs/eventpoll.c
@@ -1212,7 +1212,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE1(epoll_create1, int, flag
SYSCALL_DEFINE1(epoll_create, int, size)
{
- if (size < 0)
+ if (size <= 0)
return -EINVAL;
return sys_epoll_create1(0);
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from davidel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx are
epoll-fix-size-check-in-epoll_create.patch
linux-next.patch
poll-avoid-extra-wakeups-in-select-poll.patch
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