[patch] 2.4.0-test9-pre7: ppdev fixes

From: Tim Waugh (twaugh@redhat.com)
Date: Tue Sep 26 2000 - 07:45:34 EST


Hi Linus,

Here is a patch that fixes some missing copy_to/from_user things, as
well as fixing the pp_write logic.

Tim.
*/

Index: linux/drivers/char/ppdev.c
diff -u linux/drivers/char/ppdev.c:1.1.1.23 linux/drivers/char/ppdev.c:1.29
--- linux/drivers/char/ppdev.c:1.1.1.23 Fri Jul 14 11:05:38 2000
+++ linux/drivers/char/ppdev.c Wed Aug 30 12:09:00 2000
@@ -39,7 +39,13 @@
  * read/write read or write in current IEEE 1284 protocol
  * select wait for interrupt (in readfds)
  *
+ * Changes:
  * Added SETTIME/GETTIME ioctl, Fred Barnes 1999.
+ *
+ * Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@conectiva.com.br> 2000/08/25
+ * - On error, copy_from_user and copy_to_user do not return -EFAULT,
+ * They return the positive number of bytes *not* copied due to address
+ * space errors.
  */
 
 #include <linux/module.h>
@@ -179,7 +185,7 @@
 
                 wrote = parport_write (pp->pdev->port, kbuffer, n);
 
- if (wrote < 0) {
+ if (wrote <= 0) {
                         if (!bytes_written)
                                 bytes_written = wrote;
                         break;
@@ -369,19 +375,19 @@
 
         case PPRSTATUS:
                 reg = parport_read_status (port);
- return copy_to_user ((unsigned char *) arg, &reg,
- sizeof (reg));
-
+ if (copy_to_user ((unsigned char *) arg, &reg, sizeof (reg)))
+ return -EFAULT;
+ return 0;
         case PPRDATA:
                 reg = parport_read_data (port);
- return copy_to_user ((unsigned char *) arg, &reg,
- sizeof (reg));
-
+ if (copy_to_user ((unsigned char *) arg, &reg, sizeof (reg)))
+ return -EFAULT;
+ return 0;
         case PPRCONTROL:
                 reg = parport_read_control (port);
- return copy_to_user ((unsigned char *) arg, &reg,
- sizeof (reg));
-
+ if (copy_to_user ((unsigned char *) arg, &reg, sizeof (reg)))
+ return -EFAULT;
+ return 0;
         case PPYIELD:
                 parport_yield_blocking (pp->pdev);
                 return 0;
-
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