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Subject: RE: [RFC v2] nvfs: a filesystem for persistent memory
Thread-Topic: [RFC v2] nvfs: a filesystem for persistent memory
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Date:   Mon, 11 Jan 2021 11:57:08 +0000
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From: Mikulas Patocka
> Sent: 11 January 2021 11:44
> On Mon, 11 Jan 2021, David Laight wrote:
> 
> > From: Al Viro <viro@ftp.linux.org.uk> On Behalf Of Al Viro
> > > Sent: 10 January 2021 16:20
...
...
> > > 	while (iov_iter_count(to)) {
...
> > > 		size = copy_to_iter(to, ptr, size);
> > > 		if (unlikely(!size)) {
> > > 			r = -EFAULT;
> > > 			goto ret_r;
> > > 		}
> > >
> > > 		pos += size;
> > > 		total += size;
> > > 	} while (iov_iter_count(to));
> >
> > That isn't the best formed loop!
> >
> > 	David
> 
> I removed the second "while" statement and fixed the arguments to
> copy_to_iter - other than that, Al's function works.

The extra while is easy to write and can be difficult to spot.
I've found them looking as the object code before now!

Oh - the error return for copy_to_iter() is wrong.
It should (probably) return 'total' if it is nonzero.

	David

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