According to the API definition, when error occurs, need return current fsgid instead of the previous one.
The related informations ("man setfsgid"): RETURN VALUE On success, the previous value of fsgid is returned. On error, the current value of fsgid is returned. Signed-off-by: Chen Gang <gang.c...@asianux.com> --- kernel/sys.c | 6 +++--- 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/kernel/sys.c b/kernel/sys.c index 771129b..9356dc8 100644 --- a/kernel/sys.c +++ b/kernel/sys.c @@ -775,11 +775,11 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE1(setfsgid, gid_t, gid) kgid = make_kgid(old->user_ns, gid); if (!gid_valid(kgid)) - return old_fsgid; + return gid; new = prepare_creds(); if (!new) - return old_fsgid; + return gid; if (gid_eq(kgid, old->gid) || gid_eq(kgid, old->egid) || gid_eq(kgid, old->sgid) || gid_eq(kgid, old->fsgid) || @@ -791,7 +791,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE1(setfsgid, gid_t, gid) } abort_creds(new); - return old_fsgid; + return gid; change_okay: commit_creds(new); -- 1.7.7.6 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/