Re: [PATCH] reduce stack in cpqarray.c::ida_ioctl()

Jörn Engel (joern@wohnheim.fh-wedel.de)
Fri, 4 Apr 2003 11:51:54 +0200


On Fri, 4 April 2003 10:09:37 +0200, Jens Axboe wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 04 2003, Jörn Engel wrote:
> > > + error = copy_to_user(io, my_io, sizeof(*my_io)) ? -EFAULT : 0;
> >
> > copy_to_user returns the bytes successfully copied.
> > error is set to -EFAULT, if there was actually data transferred?
> >
> > How about:
> > + error = copy_to_user(io, my_io, sizeof(*my_io)) < sizeof(*my_io) ? -EFAULT : 0;
>
> Pure nonsense! Correct logic, and much nicer to read IMO is:
>
> if (copy_to_user(io, my_io, sizeof(*my_io))
> error = -EFAULT;

Yes, you are right. I just couldn't read inline assembler properly.

Jörn

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