linux-kernel - Re: [patch 00/12] Fix ppc64's writing to struct file

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Date:	Sun, 14 Jan 2007 14:54:11 +0000
From:	Alan <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To:	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, akpm@...l.org
Subject: Re: [patch 00/12] Fix ppc64's writing to struct file_operations

>  	.read		= seq_read,
> +	.write		= lparcfg_write,
>  	.open		= lparcfg_open,
>  	.release	= single_release,
>  };
> @@ -581,10 +582,8 @@ int __init lparcfg_init(void)
>  
>  	/* Allow writing if we have FW_FEATURE_SPLPAR */
>  	if (firmware_has_feature(FW_FEATURE_SPLPAR) &&
> -			!firmware_has_feature(FW_FEATURE_ISERIES)) {
> -		lparcfg_fops.write = lparcfg_write;
> +			!firmware_has_feature(FW_FEATURE_ISERIES))
>  		mode |= S_IWUSR;
> -	}

This doesn't appea to do the same thing at all. You need to select
between two sets of const inode ops instead, otherwise you turn write on
arbitarily.
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