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Date:   Mon, 11 Jan 2021 14:43:41 +0000
From:   Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
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Subject: Re: [RFC v2] nvfs: a filesystem for persistent memory
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On Mon, Jan 11, 2021 at 11:57:08AM +0000, David Laight wrote:
> > > > 		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!

	That extra while comes from editing cut'n'pasted piece of
source while writing a reply.  Hint: original had been a do-while.

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

	copy_to_iter() call there has an obvious problem
(arguments in the wrong order), but return value is handled
correctly.  It does not do a blind return -EFAULT.  RTFS...