linux-kernel - [PATCH] powerpc: use simple_read_from

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Message-Id: <1293257039-2580-4-git-send-email-akinobu.mita@gmail.com>
Date:	Sat, 25 Dec 2010 15:03:59 +0900
From:	Akinobu Mita <akinobu.mita@...il.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Akinobu Mita <akinobu.mita@...il.com>,
	Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>,
	Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>,
	linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org
Subject: [PATCH] powerpc: use simple_read_from_buffer

Simplify read file operation for /proc/powerpc/rtas/* interface
by using simple_read_from_buffer.

Signed-off-by: Akinobu Mita <akinobu.mita@...il.com>
Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>
Cc: linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org
---
 arch/powerpc/kernel/rtas_flash.c |   53 ++++---------------------------------
 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 47 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/rtas_flash.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/rtas_flash.c
index 2b442e6..bf5f5ce 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/rtas_flash.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/rtas_flash.c
@@ -256,31 +256,16 @@ static ssize_t rtas_flash_read(struct file *file, char __user *buf,
 	struct proc_dir_entry *dp = PDE(file->f_path.dentry->d_inode);
 	struct rtas_update_flash_t *uf;
 	char msg[RTAS_MSG_MAXLEN];
-	int msglen;
 
-	uf = (struct rtas_update_flash_t *) dp->data;
+	uf = dp->data;
 
 	if (!strcmp(dp->name, FIRMWARE_FLASH_NAME)) {
 		get_flash_status_msg(uf->status, msg);
 	} else {	   /* FIRMWARE_UPDATE_NAME */
 		sprintf(msg, "%d\n", uf->status);
 	}
-	msglen = strlen(msg);
-	if (msglen > count)
-		msglen = count;
-
-	if (ppos && *ppos != 0)
-		return 0;	/* be cheap */
-
-	if (!access_ok(VERIFY_WRITE, buf, msglen))
-		return -EINVAL;
 
-	if (copy_to_user(buf, msg, msglen))
-		return -EFAULT;
-
-	if (ppos)
-		*ppos = msglen;
-	return msglen;
+	return simple_read_from_buffer(buf, count, ppos, msg, strlen(msg));
 }
 
 /* constructor for flash_block_cache */
@@ -394,26 +379,13 @@ static ssize_t manage_flash_read(struct file *file, char __user *buf,
 	char msg[RTAS_MSG_MAXLEN];
 	int msglen;
 
-	args_buf = (struct rtas_manage_flash_t *) dp->data;
+	args_buf = dp->data;
 	if (args_buf == NULL)
 		return 0;
 
 	msglen = sprintf(msg, "%d\n", args_buf->status);
-	if (msglen > count)
-		msglen = count;
 
-	if (ppos && *ppos != 0)
-		return 0;	/* be cheap */
-
-	if (!access_ok(VERIFY_WRITE, buf, msglen))
-		return -EINVAL;
-
-	if (copy_to_user(buf, msg, msglen))
-		return -EFAULT;
-
-	if (ppos)
-		*ppos = msglen;
-	return msglen;
+	return simple_read_from_buffer(buf, count, ppos, msg, msglen);
 }
 
 static ssize_t manage_flash_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buf,
@@ -495,24 +467,11 @@ static ssize_t validate_flash_read(struct file *file, char __user *buf,
 	char msg[RTAS_MSG_MAXLEN];
 	int msglen;
 
-	args_buf = (struct rtas_validate_flash_t *) dp->data;
+	args_buf = dp->data;
 
-	if (ppos && *ppos != 0)
-		return 0;	/* be cheap */
-	
 	msglen = get_validate_flash_msg(args_buf, msg);
-	if (msglen > count)
-		msglen = count;
-
-	if (!access_ok(VERIFY_WRITE, buf, msglen))
-		return -EINVAL;
-
-	if (copy_to_user(buf, msg, msglen))
-		return -EFAULT;
 
-	if (ppos)
-		*ppos = msglen;
-	return msglen;
+	return simple_read_from_buffer(buf, count, ppos, msg, msglen);
 }
 
 static ssize_t validate_flash_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buf,
-- 
1.7.3.4

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