Re: [PATCH v5] cifs: Fix copy_to_iter return value check

[Tom Talpey <tom@talpey.com>]

I like it. For v5 feel free to add my Reviewed-by and ack.

Tom.

Oct 7, 2025 2:45:33 PM Steve French <smfrench@gmail.com>:

> David suggested fixing this line:
> 
> +                       return -1;
> 
> to
> 
> +                       return -EIO;
> 
> which makes sense to me since returning -1 could be confusing.
> 
> On Tue, Oct 7, 2025 at 3:27 AM Fushuai Wang <wangfushuai@baidu.com> wrote:
>> 
>> The return value of copy_to_iter() function will never be negative,
>> it is the number of bytes copied, or zero if nothing was copied.
>> Update the check to treat 0 as an error, and return -1 in that case.
>> 
>> Fixes: d08089f649a0 ("cifs: Change the I/O paths to use an iterator rather than a page list")
>> Signed-off-by: Fushuai Wang <wangfushuai@baidu.com>
>> ---
>> v5: no code changes, only improve commit format
>> v4: no code changes, only add version description
>> v3: use size_t type for (copied) and check for (copied == 0) as error.
>> v2: use (!length) check for error condition.
>> v1: use (length <= 0) check for error condition.
>> 
>> fs/smb/client/smb2ops.c | 10 +++++-----
>> 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>> 
>> diff --git a/fs/smb/client/smb2ops.c b/fs/smb/client/smb2ops.c
>> index 058050f744c0..ac8a5bd6aec4 100644
>> --- a/fs/smb/client/smb2ops.c
>> +++ b/fs/smb/client/smb2ops.c
>> @@ -4650,7 +4650,7 @@ handle_read_data(struct TCP_Server_Info *server, struct mid_q_entry *mid,
>>         unsigned int pad_len;
>>         struct cifs_io_subrequest *rdata = mid->callback_data;
>>         struct smb2_hdr *shdr = (struct smb2_hdr *)buf;
>> -       int length;
>> +       size_t copied;
>>         bool use_rdma_mr = false;
>> 
>>         if (shdr->Command != SMB2_READ) {
>> @@ -4763,10 +4763,10 @@ handle_read_data(struct TCP_Server_Info *server, struct mid_q_entry *mid,
>>         } else if (buf_len >= data_offset + data_len) {
>>                 /* read response payload is in buf */
>>                 WARN_ONCE(buffer, "read data can be either in buf or in buffer");
>> -               length = copy_to_iter(buf + data_offset, data_len, &rdata->subreq.io_iter);
>> -               if (length < 0)
>> -                       return length;
>> -               rdata->got_bytes = data_len;
>> +               copied = copy_to_iter(buf + data_offset, data_len, &rdata->subreq.io_iter);
>> +               if (copied == 0)
>> +                       return -1;
>> +               rdata->got_bytes = copied;
>>         } else {
>>                 /* read response payload cannot be in both buf and pages */
>>                 WARN_ONCE(1, "buf can not contain only a part of read data");
> 
>> -- 
>> 2.36.1
>> 
>> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Thanks,
> 
> Steve