linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] vfs: respect FMODE_UNSIGNED

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Date:	Wed, 29 Jan 2014 15:18:12 +0000
From:	Al Viro <viro@...IV.linux.org.uk>
To:	Nick Alcock <nick.alcock@...cle.com>
Cc:	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] vfs: respect FMODE_UNSIGNED_OFFSET in
 p(read|write)[v]*().

On Wed, Jan 29, 2014 at 11:57:20AM +0000, Nick Alcock wrote:
>  	ssize_t ret = -EBADF;
>  
> -	if (pos < 0)
> +	f = fdget(fd);
> +	if ((pos < 0) && (!f.file || !unsigned_offsets(f.file))) {
> +		fdput(f);
>  		return -EINVAL;
> +	}

... and now pread(-1, ...) fails with EINVAL instead of EBADF.
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