serio_raw_read now returns (sometimes partially) successful number of bytes transferred to the caller, and only returns error code to the caller on completely failed transfers. Signed-off-by: Che-Liang Chiou <clchiou@xxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/input/serio/serio_raw.c | 15 +++++++++------ 1 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/input/serio/serio_raw.c b/drivers/input/serio/serio_raw.c index 8250299..4494233 100644 --- a/drivers/input/serio/serio_raw.c +++ b/drivers/input/serio/serio_raw.c @@ -164,7 +164,8 @@ static ssize_t serio_raw_read(struct file *file, char __user *buffer, struct serio_raw_client *client = file->private_data; struct serio_raw *serio_raw = client->serio_raw; char uninitialized_var(c); - ssize_t retval = 0; + ssize_t read = 0; + int retval; if (serio_raw->dead) return -ENODEV; @@ -180,13 +181,15 @@ static ssize_t serio_raw_read(struct file *file, char __user *buffer, if (serio_raw->dead) return -ENODEV; - while (retval < count && serio_raw_fetch_byte(serio_raw, &c)) { - if (put_user(c, buffer++)) - return -EFAULT; - retval++; + while (read < count && serio_raw_fetch_byte(serio_raw, &c)) { + if (put_user(c, buffer++)) { + retval = -EFAULT; + break; + } + read++; } - return retval; + return read ?: retval; } static ssize_t serio_raw_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buffer, -- 1.7.7.3 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-input" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html