[PATCH] FUTEX: Restore the dropped ERSCH fix

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The return value of futex_find_get_task() needs to be -ESRCH in case
that the search fails. This was part of the original futex fixes and 
got accidentally dropped, when the futex-tidy-up patch was split out.

Results in a NULL pointer dereference in case the search fails.

Restore it.

Please apply also to 2.6.21 stable

Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <[email protected]>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <[email protected]>
Cc: Stable Team <[email protected]>

---
 kernel/futex.c |   14 ++++++--------
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

Index: linux-2.6/kernel/futex.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/kernel/futex.c	2007-06-23 11:39:20.000000000 +0200
+++ linux-2.6/kernel/futex.c	2007-06-23 11:39:20.000000000 +0200
@@ -409,14 +409,12 @@ static struct task_struct * futex_find_g
 
 	rcu_read_lock();
 	p = find_task_by_pid(pid);
-	if (!p)
-		goto out_unlock;
-	if ((current->euid != p->euid) && (current->euid != p->uid)) {
-		p = NULL;
-		goto out_unlock;
-	}
-	get_task_struct(p);
-out_unlock:
+
+	if (!p || ((current->euid != p->euid) && (current->euid != p->uid)))
+		p = ERR_PTR(-ESRCH);
+	else
+		get_task_struct(p);
+
 	rcu_read_unlock();
 
 	return p;


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