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authorSami Kerola2016-04-03 10:35:29 +0200
committerKarel Zak2016-04-13 12:29:16 +0200
commit2e31d1c3a5d729c4a9062e37210a1c01623327d6 (patch)
tree1f0d80d4a491bd902bf936890d56276f4c3d47b9 /schedutils
parentcolcrt: avoid the command getting hung [afl] (diff)
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chrt: validate priority before trying to use it
Earlier message: $ chrt -i 1 ls chrt: failed to set pid 0's policy: Invalid argument basically told 'something failed', while the new one tries to be more helpful. $ chrt -i 1 ls chrt: unsupported priority value for the policy: 1: see --max for valid range Addresses: https://bugs.debian.org/791707 Signed-off-by: Sami Kerola <kerolasa@iki.fi>
Diffstat (limited to 'schedutils')
-rw-r--r--schedutils/chrt.c6
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/schedutils/chrt.c b/schedutils/chrt.c
index 64a58584f..202ce2526 100644
--- a/schedutils/chrt.c
+++ b/schedutils/chrt.c
@@ -504,7 +504,11 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
#endif
if (ctl->pid == -1)
ctl->pid = 0;
-
+ if (ctl->priority < sched_get_priority_min(ctl->policy) ||
+ sched_get_priority_max(ctl->policy) < ctl->priority)
+ errx(EXIT_FAILURE,
+ _("unsupported priority value for the policy: %d: see --max for valid range"),
+ ctl->priority);
set_sched(ctl);
if (ctl->verbose)