linux-kernel - [PATCH] Fix proc_file_write missing ppos update

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Date:	Fri, 07 Aug 2009 22:27:10 +0200
From:	Stefani Seibold <stefani@...bold.net>
To:	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: [PATCH] Fix proc_file_write missing ppos update

The following fix a long standing issue in the proc_file_write function,
which doesn't update the ppos file position pointer.

This prevent the usage of multiple sequently writes on an opened proc
file, because it is impossible to distinguish these due the offset is
always 0.

Signed-off-by: Stefani Seibold <stefani@...bold.net>

 generic.c |    3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- linux-2.6.31-rc4.orig/fs/proc/generic.c	2009-08-07 22:05:57.000000000 +0200
+++ linux-2.6.30-rc4/fs/proc/generic.c	2009-08-07 22:06:22.000000000 +0200
@@ -219,9 +219,10 @@
 		pde->pde_users++;
 		spin_unlock(&pde->pde_unload_lock);
 
-		/* FIXME: does this routine need ppos?  probably... */
 		rv = pde->write_proc(file, buffer, count, pde->data);
 		pde_users_dec(pde);
+		if (rv > 0)
+			*ppos += rv;
 	}
 	return rv;
 }


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