From: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> ------------------- This is a commit scheduled for the next v2.6.34 longterm release. http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/paulg/longterm-queue-2.6.34.git If you see a problem with using this for longterm, please comment. ------------------- commit 0e665d5d1125f9f4ccff56a75e814f10f88861a2 upstream. compat_sys_{read,write}v() need the same "pass a copy of file->f_pos" thing as sys_{read,write}{,v}(). Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/compat.c | 10 ++++++++-- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/compat.c b/fs/compat.c index 633e63c32aa7..388555d404bf 100644 --- a/fs/compat.c +++ b/fs/compat.c @@ -1231,11 +1231,14 @@ compat_sys_readv(unsigned long fd, const struct compat_iovec __user *vec, struct file *file; int fput_needed; ssize_t ret; + loff_t pos; file = fget_light(fd, &fput_needed); if (!file) return -EBADF; - ret = compat_readv(file, vec, vlen, &file->f_pos); + pos = file->f_pos; + ret = compat_readv(file, vec, vlen, &pos); + file->f_pos = pos; fput_light(file, fput_needed); return ret; } @@ -1288,11 +1291,14 @@ compat_sys_writev(unsigned long fd, const struct compat_iovec __user *vec, struct file *file; int fput_needed; ssize_t ret; + loff_t pos; file = fget_light(fd, &fput_needed); if (!file) return -EBADF; - ret = compat_writev(file, vec, vlen, &file->f_pos); + pos = file->f_pos; + ret = compat_writev(file, vec, vlen, &pos); + file->f_pos = pos; fput_light(file, fput_needed); return ret; } -- 1.8.5.2 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stable" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html