Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] dom0_ops -EPERM not -EACCES?

[Reiner Sailer <sailer@xxxxxxxxxx>]

> Message: 2
> Date: Thu, 24 Nov 2005 12:35:42 +1100
> From: Rusty Russell <rusty@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] dom0_ops -EPERM not -EACCES?
> To: xense-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: Xen Mailing List <xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Message-ID: <1132796142.25612.8.camel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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> Hi all,
> 
>    dom0_ops return -EACCES when the interface version in
wrong.  I think
> that an acm failure is closer to being non-priv'ed, which returns
> -EPERM.  Wouldn't want dom0 tools to report they were the wrong
version
> just because ACM limited some operation, surely?

yes, -EPERM is the better return value here.

Reiner
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