Match the behaviour of new_sync_read() and __kernel_write(). Signed-off-by: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) <willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/read_write.c | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/read_write.c b/fs/read_write.c index 7ee07f76fafc..cf420e57541f 100644 --- a/fs/read_write.c +++ b/fs/read_write.c @@ -449,11 +449,12 @@ ssize_t __kernel_read(struct file *file, void *buf, size_t count, loff_t *pos) return warn_unsupported(file, "read"); init_sync_kiocb(&kiocb, file); - kiocb.ki_pos = *pos; + kiocb.ki_pos = pos ? *pos : 0; iov_iter_kvec(&iter, READ, &iov, 1, iov.iov_len); ret = file->f_op->read_iter(&kiocb, &iter); if (ret > 0) { - *pos = kiocb.ki_pos; + if (pos) + *pos = kiocb.ki_pos; fsnotify_access(file); add_rchar(current, ret); } -- 2.28.0