The patch titled
osst: update ppos instead of using file->f_pos
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
osst-update-ppos-instead-of-using-file-f_pos.patch
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Subject: osst: update ppos instead of using file->f_pos
From: Jan Blunck <jblunck@xxxxxxx>
osst_read()/osst_write() modify file->f_pos directly instead of the ppos
given to them. The VFS later updates the file->f_pos and overwrites it
with the value of ppos.
Signed-off-by: Jan Blunck <jblunck@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Willem Riede <osst@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/scsi/osst.c | 8 ++++----
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff -puN drivers/scsi/osst.c~osst-update-ppos-instead-of-using-file-f_pos drivers/scsi/osst.c
--- a/drivers/scsi/osst.c~osst-update-ppos-instead-of-using-file-f_pos
+++ a/drivers/scsi/osst.c
@@ -3587,7 +3587,7 @@ if (SRpnt) printk(KERN_ERR "%s:A: Not su
if (i == (-ENOSPC)) {
transfer = STp->buffer->writing; /* FIXME -- check this logic */
if (transfer <= do_count) {
- filp->f_pos += do_count - transfer;
+ *ppos += do_count - transfer;
count -= do_count - transfer;
if (STps->drv_block >= 0) {
STps->drv_block += (do_count - transfer) / STp->block_size;
@@ -3625,7 +3625,7 @@ if (SRpnt) printk(KERN_ERR "%s:A: Not su
goto out;
}
- filp->f_pos += do_count;
+ *ppos += do_count;
b_point += do_count;
count -= do_count;
if (STps->drv_block >= 0) {
@@ -3647,7 +3647,7 @@ if (SRpnt) printk(KERN_ERR "%s:A: Not su
if (STps->drv_block >= 0) {
STps->drv_block += blks;
}
- filp->f_pos += count;
+ *ppos += count;
count = 0;
}
@@ -3823,7 +3823,7 @@ static ssize_t osst_read(struct file * f
}
STp->logical_blk_num += transfer / STp->block_size;
STps->drv_block += transfer / STp->block_size;
- filp->f_pos += transfer;
+ *ppos += transfer;
buf += transfer;
total += transfer;
}
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Patches currently in -mm which might be from jblunck@xxxxxxx are
osst-update-ppos-instead-of-using-file-f_pos.patch
drivers-sbus-char-flashc-flash_read-should-update-ppos-instead-of-file-f_pos.patch
arch-cris-arch-v10-drivers-eepromc-eeprom_read-eeprom_write-should-update-ppos-instead-of-file-f_pos.patch
frv-remove-struct-file-argument-from-sysctl-proc_handler.patch
misdn-remove-unnecessary-test-on-f_pos.patch
zcrypt-use-nonseekable_open.patch
rtc-m41t80-use-nonseekable_open.patch
vfs-introduce-noop_llseek.patch
osst-use-noop_llseek-instead-of-default_llseek.patch
st-use-noop_llseek-instead-of-default_llseek.patch
fs-do-not-fallback-to-default_llseek-when-readdir-uses-bkl.patch
documentation-filesystems-locking-update-documentation-on-llseek-wrt-bkl.patch
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