[IPV4] Fix EPROTONOSUPPORT error in inet_create
authorHerbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
Sat, 3 Dec 2005 04:43:26 +0000 (20:43 -0800)
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Sat, 3 Dec 2005 04:43:26 +0000 (20:43 -0800)
There is a coding error in inet_create that causes it to always return
ESOCKTNOSUPPORT.  It should return EPROTONOSUPPORT when there are
protocols registered for a given socket type but none of them match
the requested protocol.

This is based on a patch by Jayachandran C.

Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
net/ipv4/af_inet.c

index eaa150c33b0403204fa22224d6434e5c45f7695c..d368cf24900095f4d8a6fefc9b105fb4204eb023 100644 (file)
@@ -228,13 +228,14 @@ static int inet_create(struct socket *sock, int protocol)
        unsigned char answer_flags;
        char answer_no_check;
        int try_loading_module = 0;
-       int err = -ESOCKTNOSUPPORT;
+       int err;
 
        sock->state = SS_UNCONNECTED;
 
        /* Look for the requested type/protocol pair. */
        answer = NULL;
 lookup_protocol:
+       err = -ESOCKTNOSUPPORT;
        rcu_read_lock();
        list_for_each_rcu(p, &inetsw[sock->type]) {
                answer = list_entry(p, struct inet_protosw, list);
@@ -252,6 +253,7 @@ lookup_protocol:
                        if (IPPROTO_IP == answer->protocol)
                                break;
                }
+               err = -EPROTONOSUPPORT;
                answer = NULL;
        }
 
@@ -280,9 +282,6 @@ lookup_protocol:
        err = -EPERM;
        if (answer->capability > 0 && !capable(answer->capability))
                goto out_rcu_unlock;
-       err = -EPROTONOSUPPORT;
-       if (!protocol)
-               goto out_rcu_unlock;
 
        sock->ops = answer->ops;
        answer_prot = answer->prot;