linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 1/3] tools/bootconfig: Fix to check the write failure correctly

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Message-ID: <CADjb_WS+tc-oHX7hXVoWGz9pP_e66DcMp1npKbdpcVa9DhPKPA@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Tue, 17 Nov 2020 20:10:10 +0800
From:   Chen Yu <yu.chen.surf@...il.com>
To:     Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>
Cc:     Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Chen Yu <yu.c.chen@...el.com>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
        Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 1/3] tools/bootconfig: Fix to check the write failure correctly

On Tue, Nov 17, 2020 at 5:53 PM Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org> wrote:
>
> Fix to check the write(2) failure including partial write
> correctly and try to rollback the partial write, because
> if there is no BOOTCONFIG_MAGIC string, we can not remove it.
>
> Fixes: 85c46b78da58 ("bootconfig: Add bootconfig magic word for indicating bootconfig explicitly")
> Suggested-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
> Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>
For [1/3] and [2/3]
Tested-by: Chen Yu <yu.chen.surf@...il.com>

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Thanks,
Chenyu