Please ignore this patch. I ll send an updated one. Thanks, Arun On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 12:25 PM, Arun KS <arunks.linux@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > From 23986a85b9efe7bc3ffc0887b8d17cdf2fbab4f2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 > From: Arun KS <arun.ks@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2013 12:06:33 +0530 > Subject: SeqFile: Fix overflow condition > > seq_path()/seq_commit() is treating a d_path() failure as an overflow > condition, but it isn't. > > Signed-off-by: Arun KS <arun.ks@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > --- > fs/seq_file.c | 6 +++--- > include/linux/seq_file.h | 11 ++++++----- > 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/fs/seq_file.c b/fs/seq_file.c > index 3135c25..6a33f9c 100644 > --- a/fs/seq_file.c > +++ b/fs/seq_file.c > @@ -463,7 +463,7 @@ int seq_path(struct seq_file *m, const struct path > *path, const char *esc) > { > char *buf; > size_t size = seq_get_buf(m, &buf); > - int res = -1; > + int res = -ENOBUFS; > > if (size) { > char *p = d_path(path, buf, size); > @@ -487,7 +487,7 @@ int seq_path_root(struct seq_file *m, const struct > path *path, > { > char *buf; > size_t size = seq_get_buf(m, &buf); > - int res = -ENAMETOOLONG; > + int res = -ENOBUFS; > > if (size) { > char *p; > @@ -516,7 +516,7 @@ int seq_dentry(struct seq_file *m, struct dentry > *dentry, const char *esc) > { > char *buf; > size_t size = seq_get_buf(m, &buf); > - int res = -1; > + int res = -ENOBUFS; > > if (size) { > char *p = dentry_path(dentry, buf, size); > diff --git a/include/linux/seq_file.h b/include/linux/seq_file.h > index 4e32edc..7bfb540 100644 > --- a/include/linux/seq_file.h > +++ b/include/linux/seq_file.h > @@ -66,16 +66,17 @@ static inline size_t seq_get_buf(struct seq_file > *m, char **bufp) > * @num: the number of bytes to commit > * > * Commit @num bytes of data written to a buffer previously acquired > - * by seq_buf_get. To signal an error condition, or that the data > - * didn't fit in the available space, pass a negative @num value. > + * by seq_buf_get. To signal an overflow condition(data didn't fit > + * in the available space), pass -ENOBUFS and for other errors pass a > + * negative @num value. > */ > static inline void seq_commit(struct seq_file *m, int num) > { > - if (num < 0) { > - m->count = m->size; > - } else { > + if (num >= 0) { > BUG_ON(m->count + num > m->size); > m->count += num; > + } else if (num == -ENOBUFS) > + m->count = m->size; > } > } > > -- > 1.8.2 -- 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