[PATCH] xinit: check for correct fork error code

Peter Hutterer peter.hutterer at who-t.net
Tue Jan 31 01:24:08 UTC 2017


On Mon, Jan 30, 2017 at 09:35:37PM +0100, Tobias Stoeckmann wrote:
> Even though this code is only active on __sun machines, the fork return
> value should be checked for -1, not 1, to detect an error situation.

   710ea2c..2effad4  master -> master

thanks

Cheers,
   Peter

> ---
>  xinit.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/xinit.c b/xinit.c
> index 1b04911..f826b7a 100644
> --- a/xinit.c
> +++ b/xinit.c
> @@ -638,7 +638,7 @@ shutdown(void)
>              Fatal("Unable to run program \"%s\"", "kbd_mode");
>              break;
>  
> -        case 1:
> +        case -1:
>              Error("fork failed");
>              break;
>  
> -- 
> 2.11.0
> 
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