linux-kernel - Re: [stable] [PATCH stable] PCI: return correct value when writing to the "reset" attribute

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Date:	Wed, 23 Mar 2011 15:50:01 -0700
From:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
To:	"Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>
Cc:	stable@...nel.org, Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-pci@...r.kernel.org, Michal Schmidt <mschmidt@...hat.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@...tuousgeek.org>,
	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [stable] [PATCH stable] PCI: return correct value when writing
 to the "reset" attribute

On Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 02:21:03PM +0200, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> commit 447c5dd7338638f526e9bcf7dcf69b4da5835c7d
> Author: Michal Schmidt <mschmidt@...hat.com>
> Date:   Tue May 11 11:44:54 2010 +0200
> 
> A successful write() to the "reset" sysfs attribute should return the
> number of bytes written, not 0. Otherwise userspace (bash) retries the
> write over and over again.
> 
> Acked-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@...hat.com>
> Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>
> Signed-off-by: Michal Schmidt <mschmidt@...hat.com>
> Signed-off-by: Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@...tuousgeek.org>
> 
> Applies without changes to all of 2.6.32,2.6.33,2.6.34

Applied to .32 and .33 now, thanks.

greg k-h
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