Enable command writing without trailing '\n':
- the good case
$ echo "reset" > /proc/net/pktgen/pgctrl
- the bad case (before the patch)
$ echo -n "reset" > /proc/net/pktgen/pgctrl -bash: echo: write error: Invalid argument
- with patch applied
$ echo -n "reset" > /proc/net/pktgen/pgctrl
Signed-off-by: Peter Seiderer ps.report@gmx.net Reviewed-by: Simon Horman horms@kernel.org --- Changes v5 -> v6 - no changes
Changes v4 -> v5 - split up patchset into part i/ii (suggested by Simon Horman)
Changes v3 -> v4 - add rev-by Simon Horman
Changes v2 -> v3: - new patch --- net/core/pktgen.c | 14 ++++++++------ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/core/pktgen.c b/net/core/pktgen.c index c8a5b4d17407..f6e35ba035c7 100644 --- a/net/core/pktgen.c +++ b/net/core/pktgen.c @@ -517,21 +517,23 @@ static ssize_t pgctrl_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buf, size_t count, loff_t *ppos) { char data[128]; + size_t max; struct pktgen_net *pn = net_generic(current->nsproxy->net_ns, pg_net_id);
if (!capable(CAP_NET_ADMIN)) return -EPERM;
- if (count == 0) + if (count < 1) return -EINVAL;
- if (count > sizeof(data)) - count = sizeof(data); - - if (copy_from_user(data, buf, count)) + max = min(count, sizeof(data) - 1); + if (copy_from_user(data, buf, max)) return -EFAULT;
- data[count - 1] = 0; /* Strip trailing '\n' and terminate string */ + if (data[max - 1] == '\n') + data[max - 1] = 0; /* strip trailing '\n', terminate string */ + else + data[max] = 0; /* terminate string */
if (!strcmp(data, "stop")) pktgen_stop_all_threads(pn);