| Message ID | 20180206102727.GB19579@veci.piliscsaba.redhat.com (mailing list archive) |
|---|---|
| State | New, archived |
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--- a/fs/seq_file.c +++ b/fs/seq_file.c @@ -181,8 +181,11 @@ ssize_t seq_read(struct file *file, char * if request is to read from zero offset, reset iterator to first * record as it might have been already advanced by previous requests */ - if (*ppos == 0) + if (*ppos == 0) { m->index = 0; + m->version = 0; + m->count = 0; + } /* Don't assume *ppos is where we left it */ if (unlikely(*ppos != m->read_pos)) {
When resetting iterator on a zero offset we need to discard any data already in the buffer (count), and private state of the iterator (version). For example this bug results in first line being repeated in /proc/mounts if doing a zero size read before a non-zero size read. Reported-by: Rich Felker <dalias@libc.org> Signed-off-by: Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@redhat.com> Fixes: e522751d605d ("seq_file: reset iterator to first record for zero offset") Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> # v4.10 --- fs/seq_file.c | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)