The patch titled hppfs: hppfs_read_file() may return -ERROR has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is hppfs-hppfs_read_file-may-return-error.patch Before you just go and hit "reply", please: a) Consider who else should be cc'ed b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code *** See http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/stuff/added-to-mm.txt to find out what to do about this The current -mm tree may be found at http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/mmotm/ ------------------------------------------------------ Subject: hppfs: hppfs_read_file() may return -ERROR From: Roel Kluin <roel.kluin@xxxxxxxxx> hppfs_read_file() may return (ssize_t) -ENOMEM, or -EFAULT. When stored in size_t 'count', these errors will not be noticed, a large value will be added to *ppos. Signed-off-by: Roel Kluin <roel.kluin@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/hppfs/hppfs.c | 7 ++++++- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff -puN fs/hppfs/hppfs.c~hppfs-hppfs_read_file-may-return-error fs/hppfs/hppfs.c --- a/fs/hppfs/hppfs.c~hppfs-hppfs_read_file-may-return-error +++ a/fs/hppfs/hppfs.c @@ -280,7 +280,12 @@ static ssize_t hppfs_read(struct file *f "errno = %d\n", err); return err; } - count = hppfs_read_file(hppfs->host_fd, buf, count); + err = hppfs_read_file(hppfs->host_fd, buf, count); + if (err < 0) { + printk(KERN_ERR "hppfs_read: read failed: %d\n", err); + return err; + } + count = err; if (count > 0) *ppos += count; } _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from roel.kluin@xxxxxxxxx are origin.patch mm-get_nid_for_pfn-returns-int.patch linux-next.patch acpi-get_throttling_state-cannot-be-larger-state_count.patch acpi-wmic-unsigned-cannot-be-less-than-0.patch drm-fix-lock_test_with_return-macro.patch dvb-negative-internal-sub_range-wont-get-noticed.patch pata-rb532-cf-platform_get_irq-failure-ignored.patch jffs2_acl_count-tests-0-on-unsigned.patch scsi-ncr53c8xx-div-reaches-1.patch scsi-pcmcia-nsp_cs-time_out-reaches-1.patch watchdog-fsl_get_sys_freq-failure-not-noticed.patch hugetlb-chg-cannot-become-less-than-0.patch frv-duplicate-output_buffer-of-e03.patch frv-duplicate-output_buffer-of-e03-checkpatch-fixes.patch alpha-fix-macros.patch m68k-count-can-reach-51-not-50.patch m68k-count-can-reach-51-not-50-checkpatch-fixes.patch spi-limit-reaches-1-tested-0.patch rtc-wm8350-retries-will-reach-1.patch rtc-test-before-subtraction-on-unsigned.patch rtc-test-before-subtraction-on-unsigned-fix.patch fbdev-newport-newport_wait-return-0-on-timeout.patch drivers-video-omap-hwa742c-div-reaches-max_clk_div.patch arkfb-fix-misplaced-parentheses.patch uvesafb-bitwise-or-has-higher-precedence-than.patch vesafb-bitwise-or-has-higher-precedence-than.patch viafb-returns-0-two-too-early.patch ufs-sector_t-cannot-be-negative.patch hppfs-hppfs_read_file-may-return-error.patch rio-addition-has-higher-precedence-than.patch aoe-error-printed-1-too-early.patch -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html