Merge branch 'master' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/lguest/lguest_user.c b/drivers/lguest/lguest_user.c
index 85d42d3d01a9..2221485b0773 100644
--- a/drivers/lguest/lguest_user.c
+++ b/drivers/lguest/lguest_user.c
@@ -241,15 +241,16 @@ static ssize_t write(struct file *file, const char __user *in,
                 cpu = &lg->cpus[cpu_id];
                 if (!cpu)
                         return -EINVAL;
-        }
 
-        /* Once the Guest is dead, all you can do is read() why it died. */
-        if (lg && lg->dead)
-                return -ENOENT;
+                /* Once the Guest is dead, you can only read() why it died. */
+                if (lg->dead)
+                        return -ENOENT;
 
-        /* If you're not the task which owns the Guest, you can only break */
-        if (lg && current != cpu->tsk && req != LHREQ_BREAK)
-                return -EPERM;
+                /* If you're not the task which owns the Guest, all you can do
+                 * is break the Launcher out of running the Guest. */
+                if (current != cpu->tsk && req != LHREQ_BREAK)
+                        return -EPERM;
+        }
 
         switch (req) {
         case LHREQ_INITIALIZE: