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From: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@oracle.com>
To: Dmitry Kalinkin <dmitry.kalinkin@gmail.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, devel@driverdev.osuosl.org,
	Martyn Welch <martyn.welch@ge.com>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
	Manohar Vanga <manohar.vanga@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 6/9] staging: vme_user: return -EFAULT on __copy_*_user errors
Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2015 16:51:24 +0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20150623135124.GP28762@mwanda> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1435063353-25914-7-git-send-email-dmitry.kalinkin@gmail.com>

On Tue, Jun 23, 2015 at 03:42:30PM +0300, Dmitry Kalinkin wrote:
> @@ -178,38 +167,24 @@ static ssize_t buffer_to_user(unsigned int minor, char __user *buf,
>  			      size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
>  {
>  	void *image_ptr;
> -	ssize_t retval;
>  
>  	image_ptr = image[minor].kern_buf + *ppos;
> +	if (__copy_to_user(buf, image_ptr, (unsigned long)count))
> +		return -EINVAL;

s/EINVAL/EFAULT/

>  
> -	retval = __copy_to_user(buf, image_ptr, (unsigned long)count);
> -	if (retval != 0) {
> -		retval = (count - retval);
> -		pr_warn("Partial copy to userspace\n");
> -	} else
> -		retval = count;
> -
> -	/* Return number of bytes successfully read */
> -	return retval;
> +	return count;
>  }
>  
>  static ssize_t buffer_from_user(unsigned int minor, const char __user *buf,
>  				size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
>  {
>  	void *image_ptr;
> -	size_t retval;
>  
>  	image_ptr = image[minor].kern_buf + *ppos;
> +	if (__copy_from_user(image_ptr, buf, (unsigned long)count))
> +		return -EINVAL;

s/EINVAL/EFAULT/

>  
> -	retval = __copy_from_user(image_ptr, buf, (unsigned long)count);
> -	if (retval != 0) {
> -		retval = (count - retval);
> -		pr_warn("Partial copy to userspace\n");
> -	} else
> -		retval = count;
> -
> -	/* Return number of bytes successfully read */
> -	return retval;
> +	return count;
>  }

regards,
dan carpenter


  reply	other threads:[~2015-06-23 13:51 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 42+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2015-06-23 12:42 [PATCH 0/9] vme_user checkpatch fixes and read()/write() rework Dmitry Kalinkin
2015-06-23 12:42 ` [PATCH 1/9] staging: vme_user: fix code alignment Dmitry Kalinkin
2015-06-23 13:21   ` Frans Klaver
2015-06-23 13:44     ` Dmitry Kalinkin
2015-06-23 13:43       ` Frans Klaver
2015-06-23 12:42 ` [PATCH 2/9] staging: vme_user: fix blank lines Dmitry Kalinkin
2015-06-23 12:42 ` [PATCH 3/9] staging: vme_user: fix NULL comparison style Dmitry Kalinkin
2015-06-23 12:42 ` [PATCH 4/9] staging: vme_user: fix kmalloc style Dmitry Kalinkin
2015-06-23 12:42 ` [PATCH 5/9] staging: vme_user: allow large read()/write() Dmitry Kalinkin
2015-06-23 12:42 ` [PATCH 6/9] staging: vme_user: return -EFAULT on __copy_*_user errors Dmitry Kalinkin
2015-06-23 13:51   ` Dan Carpenter [this message]
2015-06-23 14:13     ` Dmitry Kalinkin
2015-06-23 16:03     ` [PATCHv2 0/9] vme_user checkpatch fixes and read()/write() rework Dmitry Kalinkin
2015-06-23 16:03       ` [PATCHv2 1/9] staging: vme_user: fix code alignment Dmitry Kalinkin
2015-06-23 16:03       ` [PATCHv2 2/9] staging: vme_user: fix blank lines Dmitry Kalinkin
2015-06-23 16:03       ` [PATCHv2 3/9] staging: vme_user: fix NULL comparison style Dmitry Kalinkin
2015-06-23 16:03       ` [PATCHv2 4/9] staging: vme_user: fix kmalloc style Dmitry Kalinkin
2015-06-23 16:03       ` [PATCHv2 5/9] staging: vme_user: allow large read()/write() Dmitry Kalinkin
2015-06-23 16:03       ` [PATCHv2 6/9] staging: vme_user: return -EFAULT on __copy_*_user errors Dmitry Kalinkin
2015-06-25 11:27         ` Sudip Mukherjee
2015-06-25 12:05           ` Dmitry Kalinkin
2015-06-25 17:05             ` Dmitry Kalinkin
2015-07-06 12:42             ` Martyn Welch
2015-06-23 16:03       ` [PATCHv2 7/9] staging: vme_user: remove unused variable Dmitry Kalinkin
2015-06-23 16:03       ` [PATCHv2 8/9] staging: vme_user: remove distracting comment Dmitry Kalinkin
2015-06-23 16:03       ` [PATCHv2 9/9] staging: vme_user: remove okcount variable Dmitry Kalinkin
2015-06-26 20:39       ` [PATCHv3 0/9] vme_user checkpatch fixes and read()/write() rework Dmitry Kalinkin
2015-06-26 20:39         ` [PATCHv3 1/9] staging: vme_user: fix code alignment Dmitry Kalinkin
2015-06-26 20:39         ` [PATCHv3 2/9] staging: vme_user: fix blank lines Dmitry Kalinkin
2015-06-26 20:39         ` [PATCHv3 3/9] staging: vme_user: fix NULL comparison style Dmitry Kalinkin
2015-06-26 20:39         ` [PATCHv3 4/9] staging: vme_user: fix kmalloc style Dmitry Kalinkin
2015-06-26 20:39         ` [PATCHv3 5/9] staging: vme_user: allow large read()/write() Dmitry Kalinkin
2015-06-26 20:39         ` [PATCHv3 6/9] staging: vme_user: switch to returning -EFAULT on __copy_*_user errors Dmitry Kalinkin
2015-07-06 12:51           ` Martyn Welch
2015-07-06 13:10             ` Dmitry Kalinkin
2015-07-06 13:51               ` Martyn Welch
2015-06-26 20:39         ` [PATCHv3 7/9] staging: vme_user: remove unused variable Dmitry Kalinkin
2015-06-26 20:39         ` [PATCHv3 8/9] staging: vme_user: remove distracting comment Dmitry Kalinkin
2015-06-26 20:39         ` [PATCHv3 9/9] staging: vme_user: remove okcount variable Dmitry Kalinkin
2015-06-23 12:42 ` [PATCH 7/9] staging: vme_user: remove unused variable Dmitry Kalinkin
2015-06-23 12:42 ` [PATCH 8/9] staging: vme_user: remove distracting comment Dmitry Kalinkin
2015-06-23 12:42 ` [PATCH 9/9] staging: vme_user: remove okcount variable Dmitry Kalinkin

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