4 files changed, 26 insertions, 56 deletions

diff --git a/block/ioctl.c b/block/ioctl.c
index ca939fc..d510c2a 100644
--- a/block/ioctl.c
+++ b/block/ioctl.c
@@ -180,6 +180,26 @@ int __blkdev_driver_ioctl(struct block_device *bdev, fmode_t mode,
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__blkdev_driver_ioctl);
 
 /*
+ * Is it an unrecognized ioctl? The correct returns are either
+ * ENOTTY (final) or ENOIOCTLCMD ("I don't know this one, try a
+ * fallback"). ENOIOCTLCMD gets turned into ENOTTY by the ioctl
+ * code before returning.
+ *
+ * Confused drivers sometimes return EINVAL, which is wrong. It
+ * means "I understood the ioctl command, but the parameters to
+ * it were wrong".
+ *
+ * We should aim to just fix the broken drivers, the EINVAL case
+ * should go away.
+ */
+static inline int is_unrecognized_ioctl(int ret)
+{
+	return	ret == -EINVAL ||
+		ret == -ENOTTY ||
+		ret == -ENOIOCTLCMD;
+}
+
+/*
  * always keep this in sync with compat_blkdev_ioctl()
  */
 int blkdev_ioctl(struct block_device *bdev, fmode_t mode, unsigned cmd,
@@ -196,8 +216,7 @@ int blkdev_ioctl(struct block_device *bdev, fmode_t mode, unsigned cmd,
 			return -EACCES;
 
 		ret = __blkdev_driver_ioctl(bdev, mode, cmd, arg);
-		/* -EINVAL to handle old uncorrected drivers */
-		if (ret != -EINVAL && ret != -ENOTTY)
+		if (!is_unrecognized_ioctl(ret))
 			return ret;
 
 		fsync_bdev(bdev);
@@ -206,8 +225,7 @@ int blkdev_ioctl(struct block_device *bdev, fmode_t mode, unsigned cmd,
 
 	case BLKROSET:
 		ret = __blkdev_driver_ioctl(bdev, mode, cmd, arg);
-		/* -EINVAL to handle old uncorrected drivers */
-		if (ret != -EINVAL && ret != -ENOTTY)
+		if (!is_unrecognized_ioctl(ret))
 			return ret;
 		if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
 			return -EACCES;
diff --git a/fs/compat_ioctl.c b/fs/compat_ioctl.c
index 51352de..a10e428 100644
--- a/fs/compat_ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/compat_ioctl.c
@@ -1506,35 +1506,6 @@ static long do_ioctl_trans(int fd, unsigned int cmd,
 	return -ENOIOCTLCMD;
 }
 
-static void compat_ioctl_error(struct file *filp, unsigned int fd,
-		unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
-{
-	char buf[10];
-	char *fn = "?";
-	char *path;
-
-	/* find the name of the device. */
-	path = (char *)__get_free_page(GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (path) {
-		fn = d_path(&filp->f_path, path, PAGE_SIZE);
-		if (IS_ERR(fn))
-			fn = "?";
-	}
-
-	 sprintf(buf,"'%c'", (cmd>>_IOC_TYPESHIFT) & _IOC_TYPEMASK);
-	if (!isprint(buf[1]))
-		sprintf(buf, "%02x", buf[1]);
-	compat_printk("ioctl32(%s:%d): Unknown cmd fd(%d) "
-			"cmd(%08x){t:%s;sz:%u} arg(%08x) on %s\n",
-			current->comm, current->pid,
-			(int)fd, (unsigned int)cmd, buf,
-			(cmd >> _IOC_SIZESHIFT) & _IOC_SIZEMASK,
-			(unsigned int)arg, fn);
-
-	if (path)
-		free_page((unsigned long)path);
-}
-
 static int compat_ioctl_check_table(unsigned int xcmd)
 {
 	int i;
@@ -1621,13 +1592,8 @@ asmlinkage long compat_sys_ioctl(unsigned int fd, unsigned int cmd,
 		goto found_handler;
 
 	error = do_ioctl_trans(fd, cmd, arg, filp);
-	if (error == -ENOIOCTLCMD) {
-		static int count;
-
-		if (++count <= 50)
-			compat_ioctl_error(filp, fd, cmd, arg);
-		error = -EINVAL;
-	}
+	if (error == -ENOIOCTLCMD)
+		error = -ENOTTY;
 
 	goto out_fput;
 
diff --git a/fs/ioctl.c b/fs/ioctl.c
index 1d9b9fc..066836e 100644
--- a/fs/ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/ioctl.c
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ static long vfs_ioctl(struct file *filp, unsigned int cmd,
 
 	error = filp->f_op->unlocked_ioctl(filp, cmd, arg);
 	if (error == -ENOIOCTLCMD)
-		error = -EINVAL;
+		error = -ENOTTY;
  out:
 	return error;
 }
diff --git a/net/socket.c b/net/socket.c
index 2877647..a005375 100644
--- a/net/socket.c
+++ b/net/socket.c
@@ -2883,7 +2883,7 @@ static int bond_ioctl(struct net *net, unsigned int cmd,
 
 		return dev_ioctl(net, cmd, uifr);
 	default:
-		return -EINVAL;
+		return -ENOIOCTLCMD;
 	}
 }
 
@@ -3210,20 +3210,6 @@ static int compat_sock_ioctl_trans(struct file *file, struct socket *sock,
 		return sock_do_ioctl(net, sock, cmd, arg);
 	}
 
-	/* Prevent warning from compat_sys_ioctl, these always
-	 * result in -EINVAL in the native case anyway. */
-	switch (cmd) {
-	case SIOCRTMSG:
-	case SIOCGIFCOUNT:
-	case SIOCSRARP:
-	case SIOCGRARP:
-	case SIOCDRARP:
-	case SIOCSIFLINK:
-	case SIOCGIFSLAVE:
-	case SIOCSIFSLAVE:
-		return -EINVAL;
-	}
-
 	return -ENOIOCTLCMD;
 }