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drivers-char-memc-avoid-oom-lockup-during-large-reads-from-dev-zero-tweaks-fix
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drivers-char-memc-avoid-oom-lockup-during-large-reads-from-dev-zero-tweaks-fix.patch
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Subject: drivers-char-memc-avoid-oom-lockup-during-large-reads-from-dev-zero-tweaks-fix
From: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
return the correct thing in anticipation of an implementation of
interruptible writes.
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Nick Piggin <nickpiggin@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Salman Qazi <sqazi@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/char/mem.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff -puN drivers/char/mem.c~drivers-char-memc-avoid-oom-lockup-during-large-reads-from-dev-zero-tweaks-fix drivers/char/mem.c
--- a/drivers/char/mem.c~drivers-char-memc-avoid-oom-lockup-during-large-reads-from-dev-zero-tweaks-fix
+++ a/drivers/char/mem.c
@@ -702,7 +702,7 @@ static ssize_t read_zero(struct file * f
* matter, as userland will never see it.
*/
if (fatal_signal_pending(current))
- return -EINTR;
+ return written ? written : -EINTR;
cond_resched();
}
return written ? written : -EFAULT;
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx are
drivers-char-memc-avoid-oom-lockup-during-large-reads-from-dev-zero-tweaks.patch
drivers-char-memc-avoid-oom-lockup-during-large-reads-from-dev-zero-tweaks-fix.patch
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