Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs
Pull vfs fixes from Al Viro:
"A couple of fixes for sendfile lockups caught by Dmitry + a fix for
ancient sysvfs symlink breakage"
* 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs:
vfs: Avoid softlockups with sendfile(2)
vfs: Make sendfile(2) killable even better
fix sysvfs symlinks
diff --git a/fs/splice.c b/fs/splice.c
index 801c21c..4cf700d 100644
--- a/fs/splice.c
+++ b/fs/splice.c
@@ -809,6 +809,13 @@
*/
static int splice_from_pipe_next(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe, struct splice_desc *sd)
{
+ /*
+ * Check for signal early to make process killable when there are
+ * always buffers available
+ */
+ if (signal_pending(current))
+ return -ERESTARTSYS;
+
while (!pipe->nrbufs) {
if (!pipe->writers)
return 0;
@@ -884,6 +891,7 @@
splice_from_pipe_begin(sd);
do {
+ cond_resched();
ret = splice_from_pipe_next(pipe, sd);
if (ret > 0)
ret = splice_from_pipe_feed(pipe, sd, actor);
diff --git a/fs/sysv/inode.c b/fs/sysv/inode.c
index 590ad92..02fa1dc 100644
--- a/fs/sysv/inode.c
+++ b/fs/sysv/inode.c
@@ -162,15 +162,8 @@
inode->i_fop = &sysv_dir_operations;
inode->i_mapping->a_ops = &sysv_aops;
} else if (S_ISLNK(inode->i_mode)) {
- if (inode->i_blocks) {
- inode->i_op = &sysv_symlink_inode_operations;
- inode->i_mapping->a_ops = &sysv_aops;
- } else {
- inode->i_op = &simple_symlink_inode_operations;
- inode->i_link = (char *)SYSV_I(inode)->i_data;
- nd_terminate_link(inode->i_link, inode->i_size,
- sizeof(SYSV_I(inode)->i_data) - 1);
- }
+ inode->i_op = &sysv_symlink_inode_operations;
+ inode->i_mapping->a_ops = &sysv_aops;
} else
init_special_inode(inode, inode->i_mode, rdev);
}