[PATCH] block: fix SG_IO to return a proper error value

From: FUJITA Tomonori
Date: Fri Apr 03 2009 - 07:49:32 EST


blk_rq_unmap_user() returns -EFAULT if a program passes an invalid
address to kernel. SG_IO path needs to pass the returned value to user
space instead of ignoring it.

Signed-off-by: FUJITA Tomonori <fujita.tomonori@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
block/scsi_ioctl.c | 6 ++++--
1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/block/scsi_ioctl.c b/block/scsi_ioctl.c
index 626ee27..84b7f87 100644
--- a/block/scsi_ioctl.c
+++ b/block/scsi_ioctl.c
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ static int blk_fill_sghdr_rq(struct request_queue *q, struct request *rq,
static int blk_complete_sghdr_rq(struct request *rq, struct sg_io_hdr *hdr,
struct bio *bio)
{
- int ret = 0;
+ int r, ret = 0;

/*
* fill in all the output members
@@ -242,7 +242,9 @@ static int blk_complete_sghdr_rq(struct request *rq, struct sg_io_hdr *hdr,
ret = -EFAULT;
}

- blk_rq_unmap_user(bio);
+ r = blk_rq_unmap_user(bio);
+ if (!ret)
+ ret = r;
blk_put_request(rq);

return ret;
--
1.6.0.6

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