[PATCH] sockfd_lookup_light() returns random error for -EBADFD

[Hua Zhong]

This applies to 2.6.17-rc2.

There is a missing initialization of err in sockfd_lookup_light() that could return random error for an invalid file handle.

Signed-off-by: Hua Zhong <hzhong@xxxxxxxxx>

diff --git a/net/socket.c b/net/socket.c
index 23898f4..0ce12df 100644
--- a/net/socket.c
+++ b/net/socket.c
@@ -490,6 +490,7 @@ static struct socket *sockfd_lookup_ligh
	struct file *file;
	struct socket *sock;

+	*err = -EBADF;
	file = fget_light(fd, fput_needed);
	if (file) {
		sock = sock_from_file(file, err);
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