From: SelvaKumar S <selvakuma.s1@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Make iov_iter_truncate to report whether it actually truncated.
This helps callers which want to process the iov_iter in its entirety.
Signed-off-by: SelvaKumar S <selvakuma.s1@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Kanchan Joshi <joshi.k@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Nitesh Shetty <nj.shetty@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Javier Gonzalez <javier.gonz@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/uio.h | 7 +++++--
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/linux/uio.h b/include/linux/uio.h
index 9576fd8..c681a60 100644
--- a/include/linux/uio.h
+++ b/include/linux/uio.h
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ static inline size_t iov_iter_count(const struct iov_iter *i)
* greater than the amount of data in iov_iter is fine - it'll just do
* nothing in that case.
*/
-static inline void iov_iter_truncate(struct iov_iter *i, u64 count)
+static inline bool iov_iter_truncate(struct iov_iter *i, u64 count)
{
/*
* count doesn't have to fit in size_t - comparison extends both
@@ -249,8 +249,11 @@ static inline void iov_iter_truncate(struct iov_iter *i, u64 count)
* conversion in assignement is by definition greater than all
* values of size_t, including old i->count.
*/
- if (i->count > count)
+ if (i->count > count) {
i->count = count;
+ return true;
+ }
+ return false;
}
/*
--
2.7.4
