patch-2.2.0-pre1 linux/fs/read_write.c

• Lines: 10
• Date: Sun Dec 27 10:52:09 1998
• Orig file: v2.1.132/linux/fs/read_write.c
• Orig date: Thu Nov 19 09:56:29 1998

diff -u --recursive --new-file v2.1.132/linux/fs/read_write.c linux/fs/read_write.c
@@ -215,7 +215,8 @@
 		tot_len += iov[i].iov_len;
 
 	inode = file->f_dentry->d_inode;
-	ret = locks_verify_area((type == VERIFY_READ
+	/* VERIFY_WRITE actually means a read, as we write to user space */
+	ret = locks_verify_area((type == VERIFY_WRITE
 				 ? FLOCK_VERIFY_READ : FLOCK_VERIFY_WRITE),
 				inode, file, file->f_pos, tot_len);
 	if (ret) goto out;