Re: [PATCH] block, bfq: return nbytes and not zero from struct cftype .write() method

From: Jens Axboe
Date: Thu Aug 16 2018 - 15:11:55 EST


On 8/15/18 3:56 PM, Maciej S. Szmigiero wrote:
> The value that struct cftype .write() method returns is then directly
> returned to userspace as the value returned by write() syscall, so it
> should be the number of bytes actually written (or consumed) and not zero.
>
> Returning zero from write() syscall makes programs like /bin/echo or bash
> spin.

Applied, thanks.

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