generic_file_llseek_size() handles whence values in a switch statement, but it lacks cases for both SEEK_SET and invalid values. This causes it to treat all invalid whence values as SEEK_SET, which is wrong. We fix that by adding a case for SEEK_SET and a default case. Signed-off-by: Richard Yao <ryao@xxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/read_write.c | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) diff --git a/fs/read_write.c b/fs/read_write.c index 0343000..54b8808 100644 --- a/fs/read_write.c +++ b/fs/read_write.c @@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ generic_file_llseek_size(struct file *file, loff_t offset, int whence, switch (whence) { case SEEK_END: offset += eof; + case SEEK_SET: break; case SEEK_CUR: /* @@ -118,6 +119,8 @@ generic_file_llseek_size(struct file *file, loff_t offset, int whence, return -ENXIO; offset = eof; break; + default: + return -EINVAL; } return lseek_execute(file, inode, offset, maxsize); -- 1.8.1.5 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-fsdevel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html