The patch titled
Subject: kernel/gcov/fs.c: gcov_seq_next() should increase position index
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
gcov_seq_next-should-increase-position-index.patch
This patch should soon appear at
http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/gcov_seq_next-should-increase-position-index.patch
and later at
http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/gcov_seq_next-should-increase-position-index.patch
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From: Vasily Averin <vvs@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: kernel/gcov/fs.c: gcov_seq_next() should increase position index
If seq_file .next fuction does not change position index, read after some
lseek can generate unexpected output.
https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=206283
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/f65c6ee7-bd00-f910-2f8a-37cc67e4ff88@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Vasily Averin <vvs@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Peter Oberparleiter <oberpar@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Davidlohr Bueso <dave@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Manfred Spraul <manfred@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: NeilBrown <neilb@xxxxxxxx>
Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Waiman Long <longman@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/gcov/fs.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
--- a/kernel/gcov/fs.c~gcov_seq_next-should-increase-position-index
+++ a/kernel/gcov/fs.c
@@ -108,9 +108,9 @@ static void *gcov_seq_next(struct seq_fi
{
struct gcov_iterator *iter = data;
+ (*pos)++;
if (gcov_iter_next(iter))
return NULL;
- (*pos)++;
return iter;
}
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Patches currently in -mm which might be from vvs@xxxxxxxxxxxxx are
seq_read-info-message-about-buggy-next-functions.patch
pstore_ftrace_seq_next-should-increase-position-index.patch
gcov_seq_next-should-increase-position-index.patch
sysvipc_find_ipc-should-increase-position-index.patch
