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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@woody.linux-foundation.org>2008-03-10 18:03:20 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@woody.linux-foundation.org>2008-03-10 18:03:20 -0700
commitaeb24d2fb08653a39abb50281b1ffa2d2a6879ab (patch)
treed7fe503eb64ff1d9b76bf34095819f631a39b660 /drivers/lguest/lguest_user.c
parent5c0dea0959356d77d985ecfb2911e7a9e23b95e3 (diff)
parent1ef36fa64e65079de18ff5179a51af58e44d49a6 (diff)
Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rusty/linux-2.6-for-linus
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rusty/linux-2.6-for-linus: lguest: Do not append space to guests kernel command line lguest: Revert 1ce70c4fac3c3954bd48c035f448793867592bc0, fix real problem. lguest: Sanitize the lguest clock. lguest: fix __get_vm_area usage. lguest: make sure cpu is initialized before accessing it
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/lguest/lguest_user.c')
-rw-r--r--drivers/lguest/lguest_user.c15
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/lguest/lguest_user.c b/drivers/lguest/lguest_user.c
index 85d42d3d01a..2221485b077 100644
--- a/drivers/lguest/lguest_user.c
+++ b/drivers/lguest/lguest_user.c
@@ -241,15 +241,16 @@ static ssize_t write(struct file *file, const char __user *in,
cpu = &lg->cpus[cpu_id];
if (!cpu)
return -EINVAL;
- }
- /* Once the Guest is dead, all you can do is read() why it died. */
- if (lg && lg->dead)
- return -ENOENT;
+ /* Once the Guest is dead, you can only read() why it died. */
+ if (lg->dead)
+ return -ENOENT;
- /* If you're not the task which owns the Guest, you can only break */
- if (lg && current != cpu->tsk && req != LHREQ_BREAK)
- return -EPERM;
+ /* If you're not the task which owns the Guest, all you can do
+ * is break the Launcher out of running the Guest. */
+ if (current != cpu->tsk && req != LHREQ_BREAK)
+ return -EPERM;
+ }
switch (req) {
case LHREQ_INITIALIZE: