[PATCH] 2.5.62: /proc/ide/via reads return incomplete data, Bug #374

Faik Uygur (faikuygur@ttnet.net.tr)
Thu, 20 Feb 2003 23:55:19 +0200


This patch fixes the incomplete data return problem of /proc/ide/via and
addresses Bug #374 of Bugzilla.

When the number of consecutive read bytes are smaller than the total data
in via_get_info(), the second read() returns 0.

--- linux-2.5.62-vanilla/drivers/ide/pci/via82cxxx.c Thu Feb 20 18:51:52 2003
+++ linux-2.5.62/drivers/ide/pci/via82cxxx.c Thu Feb 20 23:09:23 2003
@@ -145,6 +145,7 @@
uen[4], udma[4], umul[4], active8b[4], recover8b[4];
struct pci_dev *dev = bmide_dev;
unsigned int v, u, i;
+ int len;
u16 c, w;
u8 t, x;
char *p = buffer;
@@ -274,7 +275,10 @@
speed[i] / 1000, speed[i] / 100 % 10);

/* hoping it is less than 4K... */
- return p - buffer;
+ len = (p - buffer) - offset;
+ *addr = buffer + offset;
+
+ return len > count ? count : len;
}

#endif /* DISPLAY_VIA_TIMINGS && CONFIG_PROC_FS */

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