This patch corrects some errors that we saw while writing to sysfs files. - Attempts to open the file in append mode result in error - Writes are buffered and flushed to the kobject owner during close - Attempts to seek on sysfs files result in error
Generated from 2.6.11-rc1. It's not a big patch, but if you'd like it whacked up into smaller ones, I'll be glad to do so. Signed-off-by: Mitch Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> diff -uprN -X dontdiff linux-2.6.11-clean/fs/sysfs/file.c linux-2.6.11/fs/sysfs/file.c --- linux-2.6.11-clean/fs/sysfs/file.c 2004-12-24 13:33:50.000000000 -0800 +++ linux-2.6.11/fs/sysfs/file.c 2005-01-21 13:09:21.000000000 -0800 @@ -1,5 +1,11 @@ /* * file.c - operations for regular (text) files. + * + * Changes: + * 2004/01/21 Mitch Williams <mitch.a.williams at intel.com> + * - Changed llseek method to be no_llseek. + * - Opening a file for append now returns an error. + * - Writes are now buffered and flushed at close */ #include <linux/module.h> @@ -55,7 +61,8 @@ struct sysfs_buffer { char * page; struct sysfs_ops * ops; struct semaphore sem; - int needs_read_fill; + int read_filled; + int needs_write_flush; }; @@ -83,7 +90,7 @@ static int fill_read_buffer(struct dentr return -ENOMEM; count = ops->show(kobj,attr,buffer->page); - buffer->needs_read_fill = 0; + buffer->read_filled = 1; BUG_ON(count > (ssize_t)PAGE_SIZE); if (count >= 0) buffer->count = count; @@ -148,7 +155,7 @@ sysfs_read_file(struct file *file, char ssize_t retval = 0; down(&buffer->sem); - if (buffer->needs_read_fill) { + if (!buffer->read_filled) { if ((retval = fill_read_buffer(file->f_dentry,buffer))) goto out; } @@ -172,7 +179,8 @@ out: */ static int -fill_write_buffer(struct sysfs_buffer * buffer, const char __user * buf, size_t count) +fill_write_buffer(struct sysfs_buffer *buffer, const char __user * buf, + size_t count, size_t pos) { int error; @@ -181,10 +189,11 @@ fill_write_buffer(struct sysfs_buffer * if (!buffer->page) return -ENOMEM; - if (count >= PAGE_SIZE) - count = PAGE_SIZE - 1; + if (count + pos > PAGE_SIZE) + count = (PAGE_SIZE - 1) - pos; error = copy_from_user(buffer->page,buf,count); - buffer->needs_read_fill = 1; + buffer->needs_write_flush = 1; + buffer->count = pos + count; return error ? -EFAULT : count; } @@ -200,13 +209,13 @@ fill_write_buffer(struct sysfs_buffer * */ static int -flush_write_buffer(struct dentry * dentry, struct sysfs_buffer * buffer, size_t count) +flush_write_buffer(struct dentry * dentry, struct sysfs_buffer * buffer) { struct attribute * attr = to_attr(dentry); struct kobject * kobj = to_kobj(dentry->d_parent); struct sysfs_ops * ops = buffer->ops; - return ops->store(kobj,attr,buffer->page,count); + return ops->store(kobj,attr, buffer->page, buffer->count); } @@ -219,12 +228,9 @@ flush_write_buffer(struct dentry * dentr * * Similar to sysfs_read_file(), though working in the opposite direction. * We allocate and fill the data from the user in fill_write_buffer(), - * then push it to the kobject in flush_write_buffer(). - * There is no easy way for us to know if userspace is only doing a partial - * write, so we don't support them. We expect the entire buffer to come - * on the first write. - * Hint: if you're writing a value, first read the file, modify only the - * the value you're changing, then write entire buffer back. + * but don't push it to the kobject until the file is closed. + * This allows for buffered writes, but unfortunately also hides error + * codes returned individual store functions until close time. */ static ssize_t @@ -232,10 +238,10 @@ sysfs_write_file(struct file *file, cons { struct sysfs_buffer * buffer = file->private_data; + if (*ppos >= PAGE_SIZE) + return -ENOSPC; down(&buffer->sem); - count = fill_write_buffer(buffer,buf,count); - if (count > 0) - count = flush_write_buffer(file->f_dentry,buffer,count); + count = fill_write_buffer(buffer, buf, count, *ppos); if (count > 0) *ppos += count; up(&buffer->sem); @@ -275,6 +281,11 @@ static int check_perm(struct inode * ino if (!ops) goto Eaccess; + /* Is the file is open for append? Sorry, we don't do that. */ + if (file->f_flags & O_APPEND) { + goto Einval; + } + /* File needs write support. * The inode's perms must say it's ok, * and we must have a store method. @@ -302,11 +313,14 @@ static int check_perm(struct inode * ino if (buffer) { memset(buffer,0,sizeof(struct sysfs_buffer)); init_MUTEX(&buffer->sem); - buffer->needs_read_fill = 1; buffer->ops = ops; file->private_data = buffer; } else error = -ENOMEM; + + /* Set mode bits to disallow seeking. */ + file->f_mode &= ~(FMODE_LSEEK | FMODE_PREAD | FMODE_PWRITE); + goto Done; Einval: @@ -332,6 +346,17 @@ static int sysfs_release(struct inode * struct attribute * attr = to_attr(filp->f_dentry); struct module * owner = attr->owner; struct sysfs_buffer * buffer = filp->private_data; + int ret; + + /* If data has been written to the file, then flush it + * back to the kobject's store function here. + */ + if (buffer && kobj) { + down(&buffer->sem); + if (buffer->needs_write_flush) + ret = flush_write_buffer(filp->f_dentry, buffer); + up(&buffer->sem); + } if (kobj) kobject_put(kobj); @@ -343,13 +368,16 @@ static int sysfs_release(struct inode * free_page((unsigned long)buffer->page); kfree(buffer); } - return 0; + /* If flush_write_buffer returned an error, pass it up. + * Otherwise, return success. + */ + return (ret < 0 ? ret : 0); } struct file_operations sysfs_file_operations = { .read = sysfs_read_file, .write = sysfs_write_file, - .llseek = generic_file_llseek, + .llseek = no_llseek, .open = sysfs_open_file, .release = sysfs_release, }; - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/