rcu_read_lock();
out = ipc_obtain_object_idr(ids, id);
if (IS_ERR(out))
- goto err1;
+ goto err;
spin_lock(&out->lock);
- /* ipc_rmid() may have already freed the ID while ipc_lock
- * was spinning: here verify that the structure is still valid
+ /*
+ * ipc_rmid() may have already freed the ID while ipc_lock()
+ * was spinning: here verify that the structure is still valid.
+ * Upon races with RMID, return -EIDRM, thus indicating that
+ * the ID points to a removed identifier.
*/
if (ipc_valid_object(out))
return out;
spin_unlock(&out->lock);
- out = ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
-err1:
+ out = ERR_PTR(-EIDRM);
+err:
rcu_read_unlock();
return out;
}
goto out;
if (ipc_checkid(out, id))
- return ERR_PTR(-EIDRM);
+ return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
out:
return out;
}