From 521b5d0c40386f4a9805cdec7bd979fc96a86aeb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Al Viro Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2008 00:46:41 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] teach seq_file to discard entries Allow ->show() return SEQ_SKIP; that will discard all output from that element and move on. Signed-off-by: Al Viro --- fs/seq_file.c | 16 ++++++++++++---- 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) (limited to 'fs/seq_file.c') diff --git a/fs/seq_file.c b/fs/seq_file.c index 853770274f20..bf2bcfd4bcfb 100644 --- a/fs/seq_file.c +++ b/fs/seq_file.c @@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ * into the buffer. In case of error ->start() and ->next() return * ERR_PTR(error). In the end of sequence they return %NULL. ->show() * returns 0 in case of success and negative number in case of error. + * Returning SEQ_SKIP means "discard this element and move on". */ int seq_open(struct file *file, const struct seq_operations *op) { @@ -114,8 +115,10 @@ ssize_t seq_read(struct file *file, char __user *buf, size_t size, loff_t *ppos) if (!p || IS_ERR(p)) break; err = m->op->show(m, p); - if (err) + if (err < 0) break; + if (unlikely(err)) + m->count = 0; if (m->count < m->size) goto Fill; m->op->stop(m, p); @@ -140,9 +143,10 @@ Fill: break; } err = m->op->show(m, p); - if (err || m->count == m->size) { + if (m->count == m->size || err) { m->count = offs; - break; + if (likely(err <= 0)) + break; } pos = next; } @@ -199,8 +203,12 @@ static int traverse(struct seq_file *m, loff_t offset) if (IS_ERR(p)) break; error = m->op->show(m, p); - if (error) + if (error < 0) break; + if (unlikely(error)) { + error = 0; + m->count = 0; + } if (m->count == m->size) goto Eoverflow; if (pos + m->count > offset) { -- cgit v1.2.1