[PATCH] kfifo: kfifo_copy_{to,from}_user: Fix copied bytes calculation

From: Lars-Peter Clausen
Date: Mon Sep 16 2013 - 04:52:33 EST


'copied' and 'len' are in bytes, while 'ret' is in elements, so we need to
multiply 'ret' with the size of one element to get the correct result.

Signed-off-by: Lars-Peter Clausen <lars@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
lib/kfifo.c | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/kfifo.c b/lib/kfifo.c
index 7b7f830..d79b9d2 100644
--- a/lib/kfifo.c
+++ b/lib/kfifo.c
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ static unsigned long kfifo_copy_from_user(struct __kfifo *fifo,
* incrementing the fifo->in index counter
*/
smp_wmb();
- *copied = len - ret;
+ *copied = len - ret * esize;
/* return the number of elements which are not copied */
return ret;
}
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ static unsigned long kfifo_copy_to_user(struct __kfifo *fifo, void __user *to,
* incrementing the fifo->out index counter
*/
smp_wmb();
- *copied = len - ret;
+ *copied = len - ret * esize;
/* return the number of elements which are not copied */
return ret;
}
--
1.8.0

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