brain-hackers_pepepper-mirror
/
linux-brain
mirror of https://github.com/brain-hackers/linux-brain.git
1
0
Fork 0
Code Issues Projects Releases Wiki Activity

FS / libfs: Implement simple_write_to_buffer 

It will be used in suspend code and serves as an easy wrap around
copy_from_user. Similar to simple_read_from_buffer, it takes care
of transfers with proper lengths depending on available and count
parameters and advances ppos appropriately.

Signed-off-by: Jiri Slaby <jslaby@suse.cz>
Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@sisk.pl>
This commit is contained in:
Jiri Slaby 2010-05-01 23:51:22 +02:00 committed by Rafael J. Wysocki
parent bc6a0cbd57
commit 6a727b43be
2 changed files with 37 additions and 0 deletions
Show Stats Download Patch File Download Diff File Expand all files Collapse all files

35
fs/libfs.c
View File

@ -546,6 +546,40 @@ ssize_t simple_read_from_buffer(void __user *to, size_t count, loff_t *ppos,
return count;
}
/**
* simple_write_to_buffer - copy data from user space to the buffer
* @to: the buffer to write to
* @available: the size of the buffer
* @ppos: the current position in the buffer
* @from: the user space buffer to read from
* @count: the maximum number of bytes to read
*
* The simple_write_to_buffer() function reads up to @count bytes from the user
* space address starting at @from into the buffer @to at offset @ppos.
*
* On success, the number of bytes written is returned and the offset @ppos is
* advanced by this number, or negative value is returned on error.
**/
ssize_t simple_write_to_buffer(void *to, size_t available, loff_t *ppos,
const void __user *from, size_t count)
{
loff_t pos = *ppos;
size_t res;
if (pos < 0)
return -EINVAL;
if (pos >= available || !count)
return 0;
if (count > available - pos)
count = available - pos;
res = copy_from_user(to + pos, from, count);
if (res == count)
return -EFAULT;
count -= res;
*ppos = pos + count;
return count;
}
/**
* memory_read_from_buffer - copy data from the buffer
* @to: the kernel space buffer to read to
@ -864,6 +898,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(simple_statfs);
EXPORT_SYMBOL(simple_sync_file);
EXPORT_SYMBOL(simple_unlink);
EXPORT_SYMBOL(simple_read_from_buffer);
EXPORT_SYMBOL(simple_write_to_buffer);
EXPORT_SYMBOL(memory_read_from_buffer);
EXPORT_SYMBOL(simple_transaction_set);
EXPORT_SYMBOL(simple_transaction_get);

2
include/linux/fs.h
View File

@ -2362,6 +2362,8 @@ extern void simple_release_fs(struct vfsmount **mount, int *count);
extern ssize_t simple_read_from_buffer(void __user *to, size_t count,
loff_t *ppos, const void *from, size_t available);
extern ssize_t simple_write_to_buffer(void *to, size_t available, loff_t *ppos,
const void __user *from, size_t count);
extern int simple_fsync(struct file *, struct dentry *, int);