RE: [char-misc for v4.4] mei: fix fasync return value on error

From: Winkler, Tomas
Date: Mon Dec 14 2015 - 04:18:25 EST


> fasync should return a negative value on error
> and not poll mask POLLERR.
>
> Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> # 4.3+
> Reported-by: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Tomas Winkler <tomas.winkler@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/misc/mei/main.c | 6 ++++--
> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/misc/mei/main.c b/drivers/misc/mei/main.c
> index b2f2486b3d75..677d0362f334 100644
> --- a/drivers/misc/mei/main.c
> +++ b/drivers/misc/mei/main.c
> @@ -657,7 +657,9 @@ out:
> * @file: pointer to file structure
> * @band: band bitmap
> *
> - * Return: poll mask
> + * Return: negative on error,
> + * 0 if it did no changes,
> + * and positive a process was added or deleted
> */
> static int mei_fasync(int fd, struct file *file, int band)
> {
> @@ -665,7 +667,7 @@ static int mei_fasync(int fd, struct file *file, int band)
> struct mei_cl *cl = file->private_data;
>
> if (!mei_cl_is_connected(cl))
> - return POLLERR;
> + return -ENODEV;
>
> return fasync_helper(fd, file, band, &cl->ev_async);
> }

Greg, I saw this patch wasn't applied in rc5, any comments on the patch?
Thanks
Tomas

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