size_t *start)
{
struct pipe_inode_info *pipe = i->pipe;
- size_t n = push_pipe(i, maxsize, &idx, start);
+ ssize_t n = push_pipe(i, maxsize, &idx, start);
if (!n)
return -EFAULT;
maxsize = n;
n += *start;
- while (n >= PAGE_SIZE) {
+ while (n > 0) {
get_page(*pages++ = pipe->bufs[idx].page);
idx = next_idx(idx, pipe);
n -= PAGE_SIZE;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(dup_iter);
+/**
+ * import_iovec() - Copy an array of &struct iovec from userspace
+ * into the kernel, check that it is valid, and initialize a new
+ * &struct iov_iter iterator to access it.
+ *
+ * @type: One of %READ or %WRITE.
+ * @uvector: Pointer to the userspace array.
+ * @nr_segs: Number of elements in userspace array.
+ * @fast_segs: Number of elements in @iov.
+ * @iov: (input and output parameter) Pointer to pointer to (usually small
+ * on-stack) kernel array.
+ * @i: Pointer to iterator that will be initialized on success.
+ *
+ * If the array pointed to by *@iov is large enough to hold all @nr_segs,
+ * then this function places %NULL in *@iov on return. Otherwise, a new
+ * array will be allocated and the result placed in *@iov. This means that
+ * the caller may call kfree() on *@iov regardless of whether the small
+ * on-stack array was used or not (and regardless of whether this function
+ * returns an error or not).
+ *
+ * Return: 0 on success or negative error code on error.
+ */
int import_iovec(int type, const struct iovec __user * uvector,
unsigned nr_segs, unsigned fast_segs,
struct iovec **iov, struct iov_iter *i)