[PATCH]error codes for ioctl in hiddev

Oliver Neukum <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.linux.usb.devel
Organization Novell
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Hi,

the correct error code for an unknown ioctl is ENOTTY.

	Regards
		Oliver
Signed-off-by: Oliver Neukum <[email protected]>
-- 

--- a/drivers/usb/input/hiddev.c	2007-03-23 16:36:28.000000000 +0100
+++ b/drivers/usb/input/hiddev.c	2007-03-23 16:36:32.000000000 +0100
@@ -698,7 +698,7 @@
 	default:
 
 		if (_IOC_TYPE(cmd) != 'H' || _IOC_DIR(cmd) != _IOC_READ)
-			return -EINVAL;
+			return -ENOTTY;
 
 		if (_IOC_NR(cmd) == _IOC_NR(HIDIOCGNAME(0))) {
 			int len;
@@ -722,7 +722,7 @@
 				-EFAULT : len;
 		}
 	}
-	return -EINVAL;
+	return -ENOTTY;
 }
 
 static const struct file_operations hiddev_fops = {


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