From 41c31f318a5209922d051e293c61e4724daad11c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Lifeng Sun Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2011 22:04:51 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] networking: inappropriate ioctl operation should return ENOTTY ioctl() calls against a socket with an inappropriate ioctl operation are incorrectly returning EINVAL rather than ENOTTY: [ENOTTY] Inappropriate I/O control operation. BugLink: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=33992 Signed-off-by: Lifeng Sun Signed-off-by: David S. Miller --- net/core/dev.c | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c index c2ac599fa0f6..856b6ee9a1d5 100644 --- a/net/core/dev.c +++ b/net/core/dev.c @@ -4773,7 +4773,7 @@ static int dev_ifsioc_locked(struct net *net, struct ifreq *ifr, unsigned int cm * is never reached */ WARN_ON(1); - err = -EINVAL; + err = -ENOTTY; break; } @@ -5041,7 +5041,7 @@ int dev_ioctl(struct net *net, unsigned int cmd, void __user *arg) /* Set the per device memory buffer space. * Not applicable in our case */ case SIOCSIFLINK: - return -EINVAL; + return -ENOTTY; /* * Unknown or private ioctl. @@ -5062,7 +5062,7 @@ int dev_ioctl(struct net *net, unsigned int cmd, void __user *arg) /* Take care of Wireless Extensions */ if (cmd >= SIOCIWFIRST && cmd <= SIOCIWLAST) return wext_handle_ioctl(net, &ifr, cmd, arg); - return -EINVAL; + return -ENOTTY; } } -- 2.20.1