Re: [patch] proc: copy_to_user() returns unsigned

From: Minchan Kim
Date: Tue Apr 06 2010 - 07:04:20 EST


I got confused when I see the title of patch.
That's because I understood copy_to_user returns unsigned.
Please, change title to describe your patch.

[PATCH] proc : fix wrong usage of copy_to_user's return value.

Maybe you could name it well than me who is a not native English.

On Tue, Apr 6, 2010 at 7:45 PM, Dan Carpenter <error27@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> copy_to_user() returns the number of bytes left to be copied.
>
> This was a typo from: d82ef020cf31504c816803b1def94eb5ff173363
> "proc: pagemap: Hold mmap_sem during page walk".
>
> Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <error27@xxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Minchan Kim <minchan.kim@xxxxxxxxx>



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Kind regards,
Minchan Kim
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