patch-2.1.90 linux/net/unix/af_unix.c

• Lines: 20
• Date: Thu Mar 12 10:32:04 1998
• Orig file: v2.1.89/linux/net/unix/af_unix.c
• Orig date: Tue Mar 10 10:03:37 1998

diff -u --recursive --new-file v2.1.89/linux/net/unix/af_unix.c linux/net/unix/af_unix.c
@@ -364,7 +364,7 @@
 		default:
 			return -ESOCKTNOSUPPORT;
 	}
-	sk = sk_alloc(AF_UNIX, GFP_KERNEL);
+	sk = sk_alloc(AF_UNIX, GFP_KERNEL, 1);
 	if (!sk)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
@@ -1265,7 +1265,9 @@
 		}
 
 		chunk = min(skb->len, size);
-		/* N.B. This could fail with -EFAULT */
+		/* N.B. This could fail with a non-zero value (which means -EFAULT
+		 *      and the non-zero value is the number of bytes not copied).
+		 */
 		memcpy_toiovec(msg->msg_iov, skb->data, chunk);
 		copied += chunk;
 		size -= chunk;