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-rw-r--r--fs/libfs.c8
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/fs/libfs.c b/fs/libfs.c
index dcec3d3ea64f..662a28e4f667 100644
--- a/fs/libfs.c
+++ b/fs/libfs.c
@@ -527,14 +527,18 @@ ssize_t simple_read_from_buffer(void __user *to, size_t count, loff_t *ppos,
const void *from, size_t available)
{
loff_t pos = *ppos;
+ size_t ret;
+
if (pos < 0)
return -EINVAL;
- if (pos >= available)
+ if (pos >= available || !count)
return 0;
if (count > available - pos)
count = available - pos;
- if (copy_to_user(to, from + pos, count))
+ ret = copy_to_user(to, from + pos, count);
+ if (ret == count)
return -EFAULT;
+ count -= ret;
*ppos = pos + count;
return count;
}