linux-kernel - [PATCH] loop: don't increment p->offset with (size

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Date:	Wed, 04 Mar 2009 14:29:11 +0100
From:	Roel Kluin <roel.kluin@...il.com>
To:	Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@...cle.com>
CC:	lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: [PATCH] loop: don't increment p->offset with (size_t) -EINVAL

Upon a 'transfer error block' size is set to -EINVAL, but this becomes positive
since size is unsigned: p->offset still gets incremented.

Signed-off-by: Roel Kluin <roel.kluin@...il.com>
---
diff --git a/drivers/block/loop.c b/drivers/block/loop.c
index edbaac6..bf03455 100644
--- a/drivers/block/loop.c
+++ b/drivers/block/loop.c
@@ -392,8 +392,7 @@ lo_splice_actor(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe, struct pipe_buffer *buf,
 	struct loop_device *lo = p->lo;
 	struct page *page = buf->page;
 	sector_t IV;
-	size_t size;
-	int ret;
+	int size, ret;
 
 	ret = buf->ops->confirm(pipe, buf);
 	if (unlikely(ret))
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