linux-stable/fs
Nick Piggin f9e4acf3be [PATCH] inotify: read return val fix
Fix for inotify read bug (bugzilla.kernel.org #6999)

Problem Description:
When reading from an inotify device with an insufficient sized buffer, read(2)
will return 0 with no errno set. This is because of an logically incorrect
action from the user program thus should return an more logical value. My
suggestion is return -EINVAL as for bind(2).

This patch is based on the proposal from Ryan <wolf0403@hotmail.com>, and
feedback from John McCutchan <john@johnmccutchan.com>.

Return -EINVAL if we have not passed in enough buffer space to read a single
inotify event, rather than 0 which indicates that there is nothing to read.

Signed-off-by: Nick Piggin <npiggin@suse.de>
Acked-by: "John McCutchan" <john@johnmccutchan.com>
Cc: Ryan <wolf0403@hotmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-02-12 09:48:28 -08:00
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9p [PATCH] remove invalidate_inode_pages() 2007-02-11 10:51:31 -08:00
adfs [PATCH] adfs: fix filename handling 2007-01-05 23:55:22 -08:00
affs [PATCH] affs: change uses of f_{dentry, vfsmnt} to use f_path 2006-12-08 08:28:43 -08:00
afs [PATCH] rename struct namespace to struct mnt_namespace 2006-12-08 08:28:51 -08:00
autofs [PATCH] autofs: change uses of f_{dentry, vfsmnt} to use f_path 2006-12-08 08:28:43 -08:00
autofs4 [PATCH] getting rid of all casts of k[cmz]alloc() calls 2006-12-13 09:05:58 -08:00
befs [PATCH] getting rid of all casts of k[cmz]alloc() calls 2006-12-13 09:05:58 -08:00
bfs [PATCH] update Tigran's email addresses 2006-12-13 09:05:53 -08:00
cifs [CIFS] Minor cleanup 2007-02-06 20:43:30 +00:00
coda [PATCH] seq_file conversion: coda 2007-02-11 10:51:34 -08:00
configfs [PATCH] Transform kmem_cache_alloc()+memset(0) -> kmem_cache_zalloc(). 2007-02-11 10:51:27 -08:00
cramfs [PATCH] struct path: convert cramfs 2006-12-08 08:28:44 -08:00
debugfs DebugFS : file/directory removal fix 2006-12-13 15:38:45 -08:00
devpts [PATCH] inode-diet: Eliminate i_blksize from the inode structure 2006-09-27 08:26:18 -07:00
dlm [PATCH] Transform kmem_cache_alloc()+memset(0) -> kmem_cache_zalloc(). 2007-02-11 10:51:27 -08:00
ecryptfs [PATCH] Transform kmem_cache_alloc()+memset(0) -> kmem_cache_zalloc(). 2007-02-11 10:51:27 -08:00
efs [PATCH] struct path: convert efs 2006-12-08 08:28:45 -08:00
exportfs [PATCH] VFS: Make filldir_t and struct kstat deal in 64-bit inode numbers 2006-10-03 08:03:40 -07:00
ext2 [PATCH] fix umask when noACL kernel meets extN tuned for ACLs 2007-02-11 10:51:34 -08:00
ext3 [PATCH] jbd layer function called instead of fs specific one 2007-02-11 11:18:06 -08:00
ext4 [PATCH] jbd layer function called instead of fs specific one 2007-02-11 11:18:06 -08:00
fat [PATCH] fat: change uses of f_{dentry,vfsmnt} to use f_path 2006-12-08 08:28:41 -08:00
freevxfs [PATCH] struct path: convert freevxfs 2006-12-08 08:28:45 -08:00
fuse [PATCH] remove invalidate_inode_pages() 2007-02-11 10:51:31 -08:00
gfs2 [PATCH] Transform kmem_cache_alloc()+memset(0) -> kmem_cache_zalloc(). 2007-02-11 10:51:27 -08:00
hfs [PATCH] extend the set of "__attribute__" shortcut macros 2007-02-11 10:51:35 -08:00
hfsplus [PATCH] extend the set of "__attribute__" shortcut macros 2007-02-11 10:51:35 -08:00
hostfs [PATCH] uml: fix mknod 2007-01-30 08:26:44 -08:00
hpfs [PATCH] struct path: convert hpfs 2006-12-08 08:28:45 -08:00
hppfs [PATCH] struct path: convert hppfs 2006-12-08 08:28:45 -08:00
hugetlbfs [PATCH] hugetlb: preserve hugetlb pte dirty state 2007-02-09 09:25:46 -08:00
isofs [PATCH] isofs: change uses of f_{dentry, vfsmnt} to use f_path 2006-12-08 08:28:41 -08:00
jbd [PATCH] jbd: wait for already submitted t_sync_datalist buffer to complete 2006-12-22 08:55:51 -08:00
jbd2 [PATCH] jbd2: wait for already submitted t_sync_datalist buffer to complete 2006-12-07 08:39:42 -08:00
jffs [PATCH] remove invalidate_inode_pages() 2007-02-11 10:51:31 -08:00
jffs2 Merge branch 'master' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6 2007-01-18 10:34:51 +11:00
jfs JFS: Remove incorrect kgdb define 2007-01-26 10:14:36 -06:00
lockd [PATCH] fs/lockd/clntlock.c: add missing newlines to dprintk's 2007-01-30 08:26:45 -08:00
minix [PATCH] struct path: convert minix 2006-12-08 08:28:47 -08:00
msdos [PATCH] fat: add fat_getattr() 2006-11-16 11:43:38 -08:00
ncpfs [PATCH] ncpfs: ensure we free wdog_pid on parse_option or fill_inode failure 2006-12-13 09:05:53 -08:00
nfs [PATCH] Remove warning: VFS is out of sync with lock manager 2007-01-30 16:01:35 -08:00
nfs_common [PATCH] nfs_common endianness annotations 2006-10-20 10:26:41 -07:00
nfsd [PATCH] endianness bug: ntohl() misspelled as >> 24 in fh_verify(). 2007-02-01 16:17:06 -08:00
nls [PATCH] fs: make nls_cp936.c handle some U00XY characters and U20AC correctly 2006-12-07 08:39:46 -08:00
ntfs [PATCH] NTFS: rename incorrect check of NTFS_DEBUG with just DEBUG 2007-02-12 09:48:27 -08:00
ocfs2 [PATCH] ocfs2 heartbeat: clean up bio submission code 2007-02-07 12:15:58 -08:00
openpromfs [PATCH] struct path: convert openpromfs 2006-12-08 08:28:48 -08:00
partitions Merge master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/sparc-2.6 2007-02-11 11:37:45 -08:00
proc [PATCH] ifdef ->rchar, ->wchar, ->syscr, ->syscw from task_struct 2007-02-11 11:18:07 -08:00
qnx4 [PATCH] struct path: convert qnx4 2006-12-08 08:28:48 -08:00
ramfs [PATCH] convert ramfs to use __set_page_dirty_no_writeback 2007-02-11 10:51:19 -08:00
reiserfs [PATCH] resierfs: avoid tail packing if an inode was ever mmapped 2007-01-23 07:52:06 -08:00
romfs [PATCH] struct path: convert romfs 2006-12-08 08:28:49 -08:00
smbfs [PATCH] Transform kmem_cache_alloc()+memset(0) -> kmem_cache_zalloc(). 2007-02-11 10:51:27 -08:00
sysfs [PATCH] Transform kmem_cache_alloc()+memset(0) -> kmem_cache_zalloc(). 2007-02-11 10:51:27 -08:00
sysv [PATCH] fs/sysv/: proper prototypes for 2 functions 2006-12-22 08:55:47 -08:00
udf [PATCH] struct path: convert udf 2006-12-08 08:28:50 -08:00
ufs [PATCH] ufs: restore back support of openstep 2007-02-09 09:25:46 -08:00
vfat [PATCH] fat: add fat_getattr() 2006-11-16 11:43:38 -08:00
xfs [PATCH] Make XFS use BH_Unwritten and BH_Delay correctly 2007-02-12 09:48:27 -08:00
aio.c [PATCH] Transform kmem_cache_alloc()+memset(0) -> kmem_cache_zalloc(). 2007-02-11 10:51:27 -08:00
attr.c
bad_inode.c [PATCH] fix memory corruption from misinterpreted bad_inode_ops return values 2007-01-05 23:55:23 -08:00
binfmt_aout.c [PATCH] VFS: change struct file to use struct path 2006-12-08 08:28:41 -08:00
binfmt_elf.c [PATCH] core-dumping unreadable binaries via PT_INTERP 2007-01-26 13:51:00 -08:00
binfmt_elf_fdpic.c [PATCH] Remove final references to deprecated "MAP_ANON" page protection flag 2007-02-11 10:51:17 -08:00
binfmt_em86.c
binfmt_flat.c [PATCH] uclinux: correctly remap bin_fmtflat exe allocated mem regions 2007-02-09 10:45:33 -08:00
binfmt_misc.c [PATCH] getting rid of all casts of k[cmz]alloc() calls 2006-12-13 09:05:58 -08:00
binfmt_script.c
binfmt_som.c [PARISC] Fix fs/binfmt_som.c 2006-10-04 06:51:26 -06:00
bio.c [PATCH] optimize o_direct on block devices 2006-12-13 09:05:50 -08:00
block_dev.c [PATCH] revert blockdev direct io back to 2.6.19 version 2007-02-03 11:26:06 -08:00
buffer.c [PATCH] Make BH_Unwritten a first class bufferhead flag V2 2007-02-12 09:48:27 -08:00
char_dev.c [PATCH] register_chrdev_region() don't hand out the LOCAL/EXPERIMENTAL majors 2007-02-12 09:48:27 -08:00
compat.c [PATCH] fdtable: Make fdarray and fdsets equal in size 2006-12-10 09:57:22 -08:00
compat_ioctl.c [PATCH] VFS: change struct file to use struct path 2006-12-08 08:28:41 -08:00
dcache.c [PATCH] Fix d_path for lazy unmounts 2007-02-12 09:48:27 -08:00
dcookies.c [PATCH] slab: remove kmem_cache_t 2006-12-07 08:39:25 -08:00
direct-io.c [PATCH] dio: lock refcount operations 2006-12-10 09:57:21 -08:00
dnotify.c [PATCH] VFS: change struct file to use struct path 2006-12-08 08:28:41 -08:00
dquot.c [PATCH] remove sb->s_files and file_list_lock usage in dquot.c 2007-02-12 09:48:28 -08:00
drop_caches.c [PATCH] remove invalidate_inode_pages() 2007-02-11 10:51:31 -08:00
eventpoll.c [PATCH] VFS: change struct file to use struct path 2006-12-08 08:28:41 -08:00
exec.c [PATCH] Transform kmem_cache_alloc()+memset(0) -> kmem_cache_zalloc(). 2007-02-11 10:51:27 -08:00
fcntl.c [PATCH] fdtable: Make fdarray and fdsets equal in size 2006-12-10 09:57:22 -08:00
fifo.c
file.c [PATCH] fdtable: Provide free_fdtable() wrapper 2006-12-22 08:55:50 -08:00
file_table.c [PATCH] VFS: change struct file to use struct path 2006-12-08 08:28:41 -08:00
filesystems.c [PATCH] Ban register_filesystem(NULL); 2006-09-29 09:18:20 -07:00
fs-writeback.c Write back inode data pages even when the inode itself is locked 2007-01-26 12:53:20 -08:00
generic_acl.c [PATCH] Generic infrastructure for acls 2006-09-29 09:18:24 -07:00
inode.c [PATCH] move remove_dquot_ref to dqout.c 2007-02-12 09:48:28 -08:00
inotify.c [PATCH] severing fs.h, radix-tree.h -> sched.h 2006-12-04 02:00:24 -05:00
inotify_user.c [PATCH] inotify: read return val fix 2007-02-12 09:48:28 -08:00
internal.h [PATCH] CONFIG_BLOCK internal.h cleanups 2006-09-30 20:52:32 +02:00
ioctl.c [PATCH] VFS: change struct file to use struct path 2006-12-08 08:28:41 -08:00
ioprio.c [PATCH] block layer: ioprio_best function fix 2006-10-12 15:09:51 +02:00
Kconfig [PATCH] Remove unused kernel config option ZISOFS_FS 2007-02-11 11:18:06 -08:00
Kconfig.binfmt
libfs.c [PATCH] VFS: change struct file to use struct path 2006-12-08 08:28:41 -08:00
locks.c [PATCH] VFS: change struct file to use struct path 2006-12-08 08:28:41 -08:00
Makefile [PATCH] fsstack: Introduce fsstack_copy_{attr,inode}_* 2006-12-08 08:28:40 -08:00
mbcache.c [PATCH] slab: remove kmem_cache_t 2006-12-07 08:39:25 -08:00
mpage.c [PATCH] BLOCK: Dissociate generic_writepages() from mpage stuff [try #6] 2006-09-30 20:52:26 +02:00
namei.c [PATCH] VFS: change struct file to use struct path 2006-12-08 08:28:41 -08:00
namespace.c [PATCH] Transform kmem_cache_alloc()+memset(0) -> kmem_cache_zalloc(). 2007-02-11 10:51:27 -08:00
nfsctl.c
no-block.c [PATCH] BLOCK: Make it possible to disable the block layer [try #6] 2006-09-30 20:52:31 +02:00
open.c [PATCH] fdtable: Make fdarray and fdsets equal in size 2006-12-10 09:57:22 -08:00
pipe.c [PATCH] fix leaks on pipe(2) failure exits 2006-12-21 00:16:03 -08:00
pnode.c [PATCH] rename struct namespace to struct mnt_namespace 2006-12-08 08:28:51 -08:00
pnode.h [PATCH] rename struct namespace to struct mnt_namespace 2006-12-08 08:28:51 -08:00
posix_acl.c [PATCH] kmemdup: some users 2006-10-01 00:39:19 -07:00
quota.c [PATCH] BLOCK: Make it possible to disable the block layer [try #6] 2006-09-30 20:52:31 +02:00
quota_v1.c
quota_v2.c
read_write.c [PATCH] ifdef ->rchar, ->wchar, ->syscr, ->syscw from task_struct 2007-02-11 11:18:07 -08:00
read_write.h [PATCH] Remove readv/writev methods and use aio_read/aio_write instead 2006-10-01 00:39:28 -07:00
readdir.c [PATCH] VFS: change struct file to use struct path 2006-12-08 08:28:41 -08:00
select.c [PATCH] fdtable: Make fdarray and fdsets equal in size 2006-12-10 09:57:22 -08:00
seq_file.c [PATCH] VFS: change struct file to use struct path 2006-12-08 08:28:41 -08:00
splice.c [PATCH] constify pipe_buf_operations 2006-12-13 09:05:47 -08:00
stack.c [PATCH] fsstack: Remove inode copy 2006-12-22 08:55:48 -08:00
stat.c [PATCH] VFS: change struct file to use struct path 2006-12-08 08:28:41 -08:00
super.c [PATCH] Revert bd_mount_mutex back to a semaphore 2007-01-11 18:18:21 -08:00
sync.c [PATCH] VFS: change struct file to use struct path 2006-12-08 08:28:41 -08:00
utimes.c [PATCH] severing fs.h, radix-tree.h -> sched.h 2006-12-04 02:00:24 -05:00
xattr.c [PATCH] VFS: change struct file to use struct path 2006-12-08 08:28:41 -08:00
xattr_acl.c