[PATCH] vfs: added better file aio_read aio_write operations presencecheck

From: Marco Stornelli
Date: Tue Sep 16 2008 - 05:28:21 EST


From: Marco Stornelli <marco.stornelli@xxxxxxxxx>

If a filesystem in the file operations specifies for read and write operations only do_sync_read and do_sync_write without
init aio_read and aio_write, there will be a kernel oops, because the vfs code check the presence of (to read for example)
read OR aio_read method, then it calls read if it's pointer is not null. It's not sufficient because if the read function is
actually a do_sync_read, it calls aio_read but without checking the presence. I think a BUG_ON check can be more useful.
Signed-off-by: Marco Stornelli <marco.stornelli@xxxxxxxxx>
---

--- linux-2.6.26.5/fs/read_write.c.orig 2008-08-20 20:11:37.000000000 +0200
+++ linux-2.6.26.5/fs/read_write.c 2008-09-16 11:01:13.000000000 +0200
@@ -240,6 +240,7 @@ ssize_t do_sync_read(struct file *filp,
kiocb.ki_pos = *ppos;
kiocb.ki_left = len;

+ BUG_ON(!filp->f_op->aio_read);
for (;;) {
ret = filp->f_op->aio_read(&kiocb, &iov, 1, kiocb.ki_pos);
if (ret != -EIOCBRETRY)
@@ -295,6 +296,7 @@ ssize_t do_sync_write(struct file *filp,
kiocb.ki_pos = *ppos;
kiocb.ki_left = len;

+ BUG_ON(!filp->f_op->aio_write);
for (;;) {
ret = filp->f_op->aio_write(&kiocb, &iov, 1, kiocb.ki_pos);
if (ret != -EIOCBRETRY)

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