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1 files changed, 15 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/fs/seq_file.c b/fs/seq_file.c
index 4023d6be939b..aa242dc99373 100644
--- a/fs/seq_file.c
+++ b/fs/seq_file.c
@@ -140,9 +140,21 @@ ssize_t seq_read(struct file *file, char __user *buf, size_t size, loff_t *ppos)
mutex_lock(&m->lock);
+ /*
+ * seq_file->op->..m_start/m_stop/m_next may do special actions
+ * or optimisations based on the file->f_version, so we want to
+ * pass the file->f_version to those methods.
+ *
+ * seq_file->version is just copy of f_version, and seq_file
+ * methods can treat it simply as file version.
+ * It is copied in first and copied out after all operations.
+ * It is convenient to have it as part of structure to avoid the
+ * need of passing another argument to all the seq_file methods.
+ */
+ m->version = file->f_version;
+
/* Don't assume *ppos is where we left it */
if (unlikely(*ppos != m->read_pos)) {
- m->read_pos = *ppos;
while ((err = traverse(m, *ppos)) == -EAGAIN)
;
if (err) {
@@ -152,21 +164,11 @@ ssize_t seq_read(struct file *file, char __user *buf, size_t size, loff_t *ppos)
m->index = 0;
m->count = 0;
goto Done;
+ } else {
+ m->read_pos = *ppos;
}
}
- /*
- * seq_file->op->..m_start/m_stop/m_next may do special actions
- * or optimisations based on the file->f_version, so we want to
- * pass the file->f_version to those methods.
- *
- * seq_file->version is just copy of f_version, and seq_file
- * methods can treat it simply as file version.
- * It is copied in first and copied out after all operations.
- * It is convenient to have it as part of structure to avoid the
- * need of passing another argument to all the seq_file methods.
- */
- m->version = file->f_version;
/* grab buffer if we didn't have one */
if (!m->buf) {
m->buf = kmalloc(m->size = PAGE_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL);