linux-kernel - [PATCH 7/8] pstore: make sure pstore

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Message-Id: <1350301210-16953-8-git-send-email-dragos.tatulea@intel.com>
Date:	Mon, 15 Oct 2012 14:40:09 +0300
From:	dragos.tatulea@...el.com
To:	cbouatmailru@...il.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	adrian.hunter@...el.com, octavian.purdila@...el.com,
	Dragos Tatulea <dragos.tatulea@...el.com>
Subject: [PATCH 7/8] pstore: make sure pstore_write exists on flush error

From: Dragos Tatulea <dragos.tatulea@...el.com>

Return error if flushing to backend failed.

Signed-off-by: Dragos Tatulea <dragos.tatulea@...el.com>
---
 fs/pstore/platform.c |    8 +++-----
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/pstore/platform.c b/fs/pstore/platform.c
index 3a4c38f..25f59ed 100644
--- a/fs/pstore/platform.c
+++ b/fs/pstore/platform.c
@@ -445,7 +445,7 @@ void pstore_del_timer(void)
 int pstore_write(enum pstore_type_id type, const char *buf, size_t size)
 {
 	size_t len;
-	int err = 0, err2;
+	int err = 0;
 
 	if (!psinfo)
 		return -ENODEV;
@@ -461,16 +461,14 @@ int pstore_write(enum pstore_type_id type, const char *buf, size_t size)
 		psinfo->ext_part = 1;
 	}
 
-	while (size) {
+	while (size && !err) {
 		len = min(size, psinfo->bufsize - psinfo->ext_len);
 		memcpy(psinfo->buf + psinfo->ext_len, buf, len);
 		psinfo->ext_len += len;
 		buf += len;
 		size -= len;
 		if (psinfo->ext_len == psinfo->bufsize) {
-			err2 = pstore_ext_flush();
-			if (err2 && !err)
-				err = err2;
+			err = pstore_ext_flush();
 		}
 	}
 
-- 
1.7.9.5

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