[patch 07/60] relay: fix "full buffer with exactly full lastsubbuffer" accounting problem

From: Greg KH
Date: Mon Aug 18 2008 - 14:47:45 EST


2.6.26-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let us know.

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From: Tom Zanussi <tzanussi@xxxxxxxxx>

commit 32194450330be327f3b25bf6b66298bd122599e9 upstream

In relay's current read implementation, if the buffer is completely full
but hasn't triggered the buffer-full condition (i.e. the last write
didn't cross the subbuffer boundary) and the last subbuffer is exactly
full, the subbuffer accounting code erroneously finds nothing available.
This patch fixes the problem.

Signed-off-by: Tom Zanussi <tzanussi@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Eduard - Gabriel Munteanu <eduard.munteanu@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Pekka Enberg <penberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Mathieu Desnoyers <compudj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Andrea Righi <righi.andrea@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxx>

---
kernel/relay.c | 12 +++++++++++-
1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/kernel/relay.c
+++ b/kernel/relay.c
@@ -832,6 +832,10 @@ static void relay_file_read_consume(stru
size_t n_subbufs = buf->chan->n_subbufs;
size_t read_subbuf;

+ if (buf->subbufs_produced == buf->subbufs_consumed &&
+ buf->offset == buf->bytes_consumed)
+ return;
+
if (buf->bytes_consumed + bytes_consumed > subbuf_size) {
relay_subbufs_consumed(buf->chan, buf->cpu, 1);
buf->bytes_consumed = 0;
@@ -863,6 +867,8 @@ static int relay_file_read_avail(struct

relay_file_read_consume(buf, read_pos, 0);

+ consumed = buf->subbufs_consumed;
+
if (unlikely(buf->offset > subbuf_size)) {
if (produced == consumed)
return 0;
@@ -881,8 +887,12 @@ static int relay_file_read_avail(struct
if (consumed > produced)
produced += n_subbufs * subbuf_size;

- if (consumed == produced)
+ if (consumed == produced) {
+ if (buf->offset == subbuf_size &&
+ buf->subbufs_produced > buf->subbufs_consumed)
+ return 1;
return 0;
+ }

return 1;
}

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