mainlining shenanigans
f4bd73b5a9
unix_create1() returns NULL on error, and the callers assume that it never
fails for reasons other than out of memory. So, the callers always return
-ENOMEM when unix_create1() fails.
However, it also returns NULL when the number of af_unix sockets exceeds
twice the limit controlled by sysctl: fs.file-max. In this case, the
callers should return -ENFILE like alloc_empty_file().
This patch changes unix_create1() to return the correct error value instead
of NULL on error.
Out of curiosity, the assumption has been wrong since 1999 due to this
change introduced in 2.2.4 [0].
diff -u --recursive --new-file v2.2.3/linux/net/unix/af_unix.c linux/net/unix/af_unix.c
--- v2.2.3/linux/net/unix/af_unix.c Tue Jan 19 11:32:53 1999
+++ linux/net/unix/af_unix.c Sun Mar 21 07:22:00 1999
@@ -388,6 +413,9 @@
{
struct sock *sk;
+ if (atomic_read(&unix_nr_socks) >= 2*max_files)
+ return NULL;
+
MOD_INC_USE_COUNT;
sk = sk_alloc(PF_UNIX, GFP_KERNEL, 1);
if (!sk) {
[0]: https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.2/patch-2.2.4.gz
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| arch | ||
| block | ||
| certs | ||
| crypto | ||
| Documentation | ||
| drivers | ||
| fs | ||
| include | ||
| init | ||
| ipc | ||
| kernel | ||
| lib | ||
| LICENSES | ||
| mm | ||
| net | ||
| samples | ||
| scripts | ||
| security | ||
| sound | ||
| tools | ||
| usr | ||
| virt | ||
| .clang-format | ||
| .cocciconfig | ||
| .get_maintainer.ignore | ||
| .gitattributes | ||
| .gitignore | ||
| .mailmap | ||
| COPYING | ||
| CREDITS | ||
| Kbuild | ||
| Kconfig | ||
| MAINTAINERS | ||
| Makefile | ||
| README | ||
Linux kernel
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In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
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Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.