linux-kernel - [PATCH linux-2.6-block#for-2.6.28] block: fix duplicate headers for /proc/partitions

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Date:	Wed, 03 Sep 2008 19:32:29 +0200
From:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
To:	Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@...cle.com>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH linux-2.6-block#for-2.6.28] block: fix duplicate headers for
 /proc/partitions

seqf can be started multiple times for a read and the header should be
printed only for the initial one.  Fix it.

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
---
 block/genhd.c |    2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/block/genhd.c b/block/genhd.c
index ed926b7..8acaff0 100644
--- a/block/genhd.c
+++ b/block/genhd.c
@@ -697,7 +697,7 @@ static void *show_partition_start(struct seq_file *seqf, loff_t *pos)
 	static void *p;
 
 	p = disk_seqf_start(seqf, pos);
-	if (!IS_ERR(p) && p)
+	if (!IS_ERR(p) && p && !*pos)
 		seq_puts(seqf, "major minor  #blocks  name\n\n");
 	return p;
 }

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