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Date:	Fri, 10 Nov 2006 15:02:19 +0530
From:	Balbir Singh <balbir@...ibm.com>
To:	Pavel Emelianov <xemul@...nvz.org>
CC:	Linux MM <linux-mm@...ck.org>, dev@...nvz.org,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	ckrm-tech@...ts.sourceforge.net, haveblue@...ibm.com,
	rohitseth@...gle.com
Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH 7/8] RSS controller fix resource groups parsing

Pavel Emelianov wrote:
> Balbir Singh wrote:
>> echo adds a "\n" to the end of a string. When this string is copied from
>> user space, we need to remove it, so that match_token() can parse
>> the user space string correctly
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Balbir Singh <balbir@...ibm.com>
>> ---
>>
>>  kernel/res_group/rgcs.c |    6 ++++++
>>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff -puN kernel/res_group/rgcs.c~container-res-groups-fix-parsing kernel/res_group/rgcs.c
>> --- linux-2.6.19-rc2/kernel/res_group/rgcs.c~container-res-groups-fix-parsing	2006-11-09 23:08:10.000000000 +0530
>> +++ linux-2.6.19-rc2-balbir/kernel/res_group/rgcs.c	2006-11-09 23:08:10.000000000 +0530
>> @@ -241,6 +241,12 @@ ssize_t res_group_file_write(struct cont
>>  	}
>>  	buf[nbytes] = 0;	/* nul-terminate */
>>  
>> +	/*
>> +	 * Ignore "\n". It might come in from echo(1)
> 
> Why not inform user he should call echo -n?

Yes, but what if the user does not use it? We can't afford to do the
wrong thing. But it's a good point, I'll document and recommend that
the users use echo -n.


> 
>> +	 */
>> +	if (buf[nbytes - 1] == '\n')
>> +		buf[nbytes - 1] = 0;
>> +
>>  	container_manage_lock();
>>  
>>  	if (container_is_removed(cont)) {
>> _
>>
> 
> That's the same patch as in [PATCH 1/8] mail. Did you attached
> a wrong one?

Yeah... I moved this patch from #7 to #1 and did not remove it.
Sorry!

-- 
	Thanks,
	Balbir Singh,
	Linux Technology Center,
	IBM Software Labs
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