The patch titled
fs/pipe.c: pipe_read(): fix error return
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fs-pipec-pipe_read-fix-error-return.patch
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Subject: fs/pipe.c: pipe_read(): fix error return
From: Nicolas Kaiser <nikai@xxxxxxxxx>
pipe_read() would accidentally return 0 if ->confirm failed.
Signed-off-by: Nicolas Kaiser <nikai@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/pipe.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff -puN fs/pipe.c~fs-pipec-pipe_read-fix-error-return fs/pipe.c
--- a/fs/pipe.c~fs-pipec-pipe_read-fix-error-return
+++ a/fs/pipe.c
@@ -382,7 +382,7 @@ pipe_read(struct kiocb *iocb, const stru
error = ops->confirm(pipe, buf);
if (error) {
if (!ret)
- error = ret;
+ ret = error;
break;
}
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from nikai@xxxxxxxxx are
linux-next.patch
fs-pipec-pipe_read-fix-error-return.patch
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