If copy_file_range() returns 0, then that means no data was copied. We should break out of the loop in this case to prevent looping indefinitely. Additionally, if an error is returned by copy_file_range() then we need to print out the string form to be used by error checking tests in xfstests. Signed-off-by: Anna Schumaker <Anna.Schumaker@xxxxxxxxxx> --- v2: - Use perror() instead of fprintf() --- io/copy_file_range.c | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/io/copy_file_range.c b/io/copy_file_range.c index 88203e9..249c649 100644 --- a/io/copy_file_range.c +++ b/io/copy_file_range.c @@ -49,8 +49,11 @@ copy_file_range(int fd, loff_t *src, loff_t *dst, size_t len) do { ret = syscall(__NR_copy_file_range, fd, src, file->fd, dst, len, 0); - if (ret == -1) + if (ret == -1) { + perror("copy_range"); return errno; + } else if (ret == 0) + break; len -= ret; } while (len > 0); -- 2.10.2 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-xfs" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html