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1 files changed, 10 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/fs/file.c b/fs/file.c
index 0cd598cab476..56d96d5c0c9f 100644
--- a/fs/file.c
+++ b/fs/file.c
@@ -944,12 +944,13 @@ out_unlock:
* @o_flags: the O_* flags to apply to the new fd entry
*
* Installs a received file into the file descriptor table, with appropriate
- * checks and count updates. Writes the fd number to userspace.
+ * checks and count updates. Optionally writes the fd number to userspace, if
+ * @ufd is non-NULL.
*
* This helper handles its own reference counting of the incoming
* struct file.
*
- * Returns -ve on error.
+ * Returns newly install fd or -ve on error.
*/
int __receive_fd(struct file *file, int __user *ufd, unsigned int o_flags)
{
@@ -964,16 +965,18 @@ int __receive_fd(struct file *file, int __user *ufd, unsigned int o_flags)
if (new_fd < 0)
return new_fd;
- error = put_user(new_fd, ufd);
- if (error) {
- put_unused_fd(new_fd);
- return error;
+ if (ufd) {
+ error = put_user(new_fd, ufd);
+ if (error) {
+ put_unused_fd(new_fd);
+ return error;
+ }
}
/* Bump the sock usage counts, if any. */
__receive_sock(file);
fd_install(new_fd, get_file(file));
- return 0;
+ return new_fd;
}
static int ksys_dup3(unsigned int oldfd, unsigned int newfd, int flags)