Bug 472557

Summary: futex missreporting ETIMEDOUT instead of EINVAL
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Reporter: Tru Huynh <pasteur>
Component: kernelAssignee: Jerome Marchand <jmarchan>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact: Martin Jenner <mjenner>
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Version: 4.8CC: anton, jtluka, njoly, pasteur, vgoyal
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Description Tru Huynh 2008-11-21 18:23:47 UTC 
Description of problem:
futex missreporting ETIMEDOUT instead of EINVAL, see the testcase provided.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
4.5/6/7 kernels

How reproducible:
always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. fetch the test case sys_futex.c
2. make sys_futex
3. ./sys_futex
  
Actual results:
sys_futex: futex failed: Connection timed out

Expected results:
should return EINVAL on invalid entry

Additional info:
Comment 1 Tru Huynh 2008-11-21 18:24:38 UTC 
Created attachment 324330 [details]
test case
Comment 4 RHEL Program Management 2009-02-09 11:29:03 UTC 
This request was evaluated by Red Hat Product Management for inclusion in a Red
Hat Enterprise Linux maintenance release.  Product Management has requested
further review of this request by Red Hat Engineering, for potential
inclusion in a Red Hat Enterprise Linux Update release for currently deployed
products.  This request is not yet committed for inclusion in an Update
release.
Comment 5 Jerome Marchand 2009-02-10 13:35:10 UTC 
I forgot to mention that the patch was posted:
http://post-office.corp.redhat.com/archives/rhkernel-list/2009-February/msg00124.html
Comment 6 Vivek Goyal 2009-02-12 15:35:14 UTC 
Committed in 81.EL . RPMS are available at http://people.redhat.com/vgoyal/rhel4/
Comment 9 errata-xmlrpc 2009-05-18 19:31:49 UTC 
An advisory has been issued which should help the problem
described in this bug report. This report is therefore being
closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information
on therefore solution and/or where to find the updated files,
please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report
if the solution does not work for you.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1024.html