Re: [PATCH 5/7] staging: comedi: don't allow write() on async command set up for "read"

From: Ian Abbott
Date: Thu Oct 30 2014 - 16:29:28 EST


On 30/10/14 18:07, Hartley Sweeten wrote:
On Thursday, October 30, 2014 5:43 AM, Ian Abbott wrote:
[snip]
add_wait_queue(&async->wait_head, &wait);
on_wait_queue = true;
@@ -2146,6 +2150,10 @@ static ssize_t comedi_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buf,
retval = -EACCES;
break;
}
+ if (!(async->cmd.flags & CMDF_WRITE)) {
+ retval = -EINVAL;
+ break;
+ }

Same question as with PATCH 4/7.

Is this test needed in the while () loop. Also, are the s->busy tests needed here?

Yes, for similar reasons.

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