As Johannes Weiner pointed out, one of the range checks in do_sendfile
is redundant and is already checked in rw_verify_area.
Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/read_write.c | 3 ---
1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fs/read_write.c b/fs/read_write.c
index 6c8c55d..3ac2898 100644
--- a/fs/read_write.c
+++ b/fs/read_write.c
@@ -839,9 +839,6 @@ static ssize_t do_sendfile(int out_fd, int in_fd, loff_t *ppos,
max = min(in_inode->i_sb->s_maxbytes, out_inode->i_sb->s_maxbytes);
pos = *ppos;
- retval = -EINVAL;
- if (unlikely(pos < 0))
- goto fput_out;
if (unlikely(pos + count > max)) {
retval = -EOVERFLOW;
if (pos >= max)
--
1.6.0.6
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