Thread (4 messages) 4 messages, 4 authors, 2021-07-13

[PATCH] wait.2: Add ESRCH for when pid == INT_MIN

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From: Richard Palethorpe <hidden>
Date: 2021-07-08 10:09:53
Subsystem: the rest · Maintainer: Linus Torvalds

Please see upstream commit:

 commit dd83c161fbcc5d8be637ab159c0de015cbff5ba4
 Author: zhongjiang [off-list ref]
 Date:   Mon Jul 10 15:53:01 2017 -0700

     kernel/exit.c: avoid undefined behaviour when calling wait4()

It avoids negating INT_MIN by returning early with ESRCH.

Signed-off-by: Richard Palethorpe <redacted>
---
 man2/wait.2 | 9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)
diff --git a/man2/wait.2 b/man2/wait.2
index 5ae955b3f..63d872ee6 100644
--- a/man2/wait.2
+++ b/man2/wait.2
@@ -455,6 +455,15 @@ was caught; see
 The
 .I options
 argument was invalid.
+.TP
+.B ESRCH
+(for
+.BR wait ()
+or
+.BR waitpid ())
+.I pid
+is equal to
+.I INT_MIN
 .SH CONFORMING TO
 SVr4, 4.3BSD, POSIX.1-2001.
 .SH NOTES
-- 
2.31.1
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