From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S935393AbcIPPl3 (ORCPT ); Fri, 16 Sep 2016 11:41:29 -0400 Received: from vern.gendns.com ([206.190.152.46]:36723 "EHLO vern.gendns.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1760234AbcIPPlV (ORCPT ); Fri, 16 Sep 2016 11:41:21 -0400 Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] leds: Introduce userspace leds driver To: Pavel Machek References: <1473439776-15655-1-git-send-email-david@lechnology.com> <80597ded-f4b4-2990-3eae-e72276296d1a@samsung.com> <20160915130831.GJ13132@amd> <313cbae5-fd66-f0ae-79a9-a3f4273d6f9c@samsung.com> <20160916060718.GD13205@amd> Cc: Jacek Anaszewski , Richard Purdie , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-leds@vger.kernel.org, Marcel Holtmann From: David Lechner Message-ID: Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2016 10:41:20 -0500 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:45.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/45.2.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20160916060718.GD13205@amd> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - vern.gendns.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - vger.kernel.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - lechnology.com X-Get-Message-Sender-Via: vern.gendns.com: authenticated_id: davidmain+lechnology.com/only user confirmed/virtual account not confirmed X-Authenticated-Sender: vern.gendns.com: davidmain@lechnology.com X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On 09/16/2016 01:07 AM, Pavel Machek wrote: > Hi! > > +static ssize_t uleds_read(struct file *file, char __user *buffer, > size_t count, > + loff_t *ppos) > +{ > + struct uleds_device *udev = file->private_data; > + ssize_t retval; > + > + if (count == 0) > + return 0; > + > + if (count != 1) > + return -EINVAL; > > This is quite anti-social. You are free to return 1 byte on any read > (short read), but please allow reads with bigger buffers. > > Thanks, > Pavel > Sure.