[PATCH linux-2.6] fs: error case fix in __generic_file_aio_read

[Tejun Heo]

 Hello, guys.

 When __generic_file_aio_read() hits an error during reading, it
reports the error iff nothing has successfully been read yet.  This is
different from how other read/write functions deal with error
condition - when an error occurs, if nothing has been read/written,
report the error code; otherwise, report the amount of bytes
successfully transferred upto that point.

 This corner case can be exposed by performing readv(2) with the
following iov.

 iov[0] = len0 @ ptr0
 iov[1] = len1 @ NULL (or any other invalid pointer)
 iov[2] = len2 @ ptr2

 When file size is enough, performing above readv(2) results in

 len0 bytes from file_pos @ ptr0
 len2 bytes from file_pos + len0 @ ptr2

 And the return value is len0 + len2.  Test program is attached to
this mail.

 This patch makes __generic_file_aio_read()'s error handling identical
to other functions.

 Thanks.

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <htejun@xxxxxxxxx>

diff --git a/mm/filemap.c b/mm/filemap.c
--- a/mm/filemap.c
+++ b/mm/filemap.c
@@ -1030,8 +1030,8 @@ __generic_file_aio_read(struct kiocb *io
 			desc.error = 0;
 			do_generic_file_read(filp,ppos,&desc,file_read_actor);
 			retval += desc.written;
-			if (!retval) {
-				retval = desc.error;
+			if (desc.error) {
+				retval = retval ?: desc.error;
 				break;
 			}
 		}
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>
#include <fcntl.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <sys/uio.h>
#include <errno.h>
#include <string.h>

int main(int argc, char **argv)
{
	const char *path;
	struct stat stbuf;
	size_t len0, len1;
	void *buf0, *buf1;
	struct iovec iov[3];
	int fd, i;
	ssize_t ret;

	if (argc < 2) {
		fprintf(stderr, "Usage: testreadv path (better be a "
			"small text file)\n");
		return 1;
	}
	path = argv[1];

	if (stat(path, &stbuf) < 0) {
		perror("stat");
		return 1;
	}

	len0 = stbuf.st_size / 2;
	len1 = stbuf.st_size - len0;

	if (!len0 || !len1) {
		fprintf(stderr, "Dude, file is too small\n");
		return 1;
	}

	if ((fd = open(path, O_RDONLY)) < 0) {
		perror("open");
		return 1;
	}

	if (!(buf0 = malloc(len0)) || !(buf1 = malloc(len1))) {
		perror("malloc");
		return 1;
	}

	memset(buf0, 0, len0);
	memset(buf1, 0, len1);

	iov[0].iov_base = buf0;
	iov[0].iov_len = len0;
	iov[1].iov_base = NULL;
	iov[1].iov_len = len1;
	iov[2].iov_base = buf1;
	iov[2].iov_len = len1;

	printf("vector ");
	for (i = 0; i < 3; i++)
		printf("%p:%zu ", iov[i].iov_base, iov[i].iov_len);
	printf("\n");

	ret = readv(fd, iov, 3);
	if (ret < 0)
		perror("readv");

	printf("readv returned %zd\nbuf0 = [%s]\nbuf1 = [%s]\n",
	       ret, (char *)buf0, (char *)buf1);

	return 0;
}