From b063bc5ea77b1c1c0e7798f641f53504d0f64bf8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Richard Alpe Date: Wed, 6 May 2015 13:58:56 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] tipc: send explicit not supported error in nl compat The legacy netlink API treated EPERM (permission denied) as "operation not supported". Reported-by: Tomi Ollila Signed-off-by: Richard Alpe Reviewed-by: Erik Hugne Reviewed-by: Ying Xue Signed-off-by: David S. Miller --- net/tipc/netlink_compat.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/net/tipc/netlink_compat.c b/net/tipc/netlink_compat.c index 809aaf027876..53e0fee80086 100644 --- a/net/tipc/netlink_compat.c +++ b/net/tipc/netlink_compat.c @@ -1121,7 +1121,7 @@ static int tipc_nl_compat_recv(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info) } err = tipc_nl_compat_handle(&msg); - if (err == -EOPNOTSUPP) + if ((err == -EOPNOTSUPP) || (err == -EPERM)) msg.rep = tipc_get_err_tlv(TIPC_CFG_NOT_SUPPORTED); else if (err == -EINVAL) msg.rep = tipc_get_err_tlv(TIPC_CFG_TLV_ERROR); -- 2.20.1