linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Fix proc_file

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Message-ID: <20090829231650.GA29419@infradead.org>
Date:	Sat, 29 Aug 2009 19:16:50 -0400
From:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:	Stefani Seibold <stefani@...bold.net>
Cc:	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Fix proc_file_write missing ppos update

On Sat, Aug 29, 2009 at 06:38:12PM +0200, Stefani Seibold wrote:
> The following fix a long standing issue in the proc_file_write function,
> which doesn't update the ppos file position pointer.

The right fix is to get rid of the last remaining
read_proc_t/write_proc_t instances and switch everyone to implement file
operations.  Alexey has been working on this on and off for a while.

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