linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH for-4,5] mips/kvm: fix ioctl error handling

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Date:	Sun, 28 Feb 2016 20:35:54 +0300
From:	Sergei Shtylyov <sergei.shtylyov@...entembedded.com>
To:	"Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	stable@...r.kernel.org, Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>,
	James Hogan <james.hogan@...tec.com>,
	Ralf Baechle <ralf@...ux-mips.org>, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-mips@...ux-mips.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH for-4,5] mips/kvm: fix ioctl error handling

Hello.

On 02/28/2016 06:35 PM, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:

> Calling return copy_to_user(...) or return copy_from_user in an ioctl

    Calling return? Perhaps "returning the result of"?

> will not do the right thing if there's a pagefault:
> copy_to_user/copy_from_user return the number of bytes not copied in
> this case.
>
> Fix up kvm on mips to do
> 	return copy_to_user(...)) ?  -EFAULT : 0;
> and
> 	return copy_from_user(...)) ?  -EFAULT : 0;
>
> everywhere.
>
> Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@...hat.com>
[...]

MBR, Sergei