[PATCH] sysctl: ignore EIO of stable_secret below /proc/sys/net/ipv6/conf

Yi Zhao yi.zhao at windriver.com
Fri Mar 6 08:28:49 UTC 2020


Avoid confusing messages caused by EIO on reading
/proc/sys/net/ipv6/conf/*/stable_secret if those are not set yet.
This is the same behaviour as in procps(>=3.3.13).

Signed-off-by: Yi Zhao <yi.zhao at windriver.com>
---
 procps/sysctl.c | 9 ++++++++-
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/procps/sysctl.c b/procps/sysctl.c
index 6d77185ca..42c51cc91 100644
--- a/procps/sysctl.c
+++ b/procps/sysctl.c
@@ -202,7 +202,14 @@ static int sysctl_act_on_setting(char *setting)
 		value = cptr = xmalloc_read(fd, NULL);
 		close(fd);
 		if (value == NULL) {
-			bb_perror_msg("error reading key '%s'", outname);
+			switch (errno) {
+				case EIO:
+					/* Ignore stable_secret below /proc/sys/net/ipv6/conf */
+					break;
+				default:
+					bb_perror_msg("error reading key '%s'", outname);
+					break;
+			}
 			retval = EXIT_FAILURE;
 			goto end;
 		}
-- 
2.17.1



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