Re: [PATCH 2/4] timerfd: convert to ->read_iter()

From: Jens Axboe
Date: Wed Apr 10 2024 - 18:27:38 EST


On 4/9/24 9:22 AM, Jens Axboe wrote:
> @@ -312,8 +313,8 @@ static ssize_t timerfd_read(struct file *file, char __user *buf, size_t count,
> ctx->ticks = 0;
> }
> spin_unlock_irq(&ctx->wqh.lock);
> - if (ticks)
> - res = put_user(ticks, (u64 __user *) buf) ? -EFAULT: sizeof(ticks);
> + if (ticks && !copy_to_iter_full(&ticks, sizeof(ticks), to))
> + res = -EFAULT;
> return res;
> }

Dumb thinko here, as that should be:

if (ticks) {
res = copy_to_iter(&ticks, sizeof(ticks), to);
if (!res)
res = -EFAULT;
}

I've updated my branch, just a heads-up. Odd how it passing testing,
guess I got stack lucky...

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Jens Axboe