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-rw-r--r--arch/um/drivers/port_user.c12
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/arch/um/drivers/port_user.c b/arch/um/drivers/port_user.c
index 3e32351dadad..3c62ae81df62 100644
--- a/arch/um/drivers/port_user.c
+++ b/arch/um/drivers/port_user.c
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
#include <errno.h>
#include <termios.h>
#include <unistd.h>
@@ -179,6 +180,17 @@ int port_connection(int fd, int *socket, int *pid_out)
if (new < 0)
return -errno;
+ err = os_access(argv[2], X_OK);
+ if (err < 0) {
+ printk(UM_KERN_ERR "port_connection : error accessing port-helper "
+ "executable at %s: %s\n", argv[2], strerror(-err));
+ if (env == NULL)
+ printk(UM_KERN_ERR "Set UML_PORT_HELPER environment "
+ "variable to path to uml-utilities port-helper "
+ "binary\n");
+ goto out_close;
+ }
+
err = os_pipe(socket, 0, 0);
if (err < 0)
goto out_close;