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DateTue, 8 May 2007 20:17:03 +0400
FromEvgeniy Polyakov <>
SubjectRe: [PATCH 1/2] LogFS proper
On Tue, May 08, 2007 at 05:54:41PM +0200, Thomas Gleixner (tglx@linutronix.de) wrote:
> On Tue, 2007-05-08 at 14:46 +0200, Jan Engelhardt wrote:
> > >> +static int __logfs_readdir(struct file *file, void *buf, filldir_t filldir)
> > >> +{
> > >> +		err = read_dir(dir, &dd, pos);
> > >> +		if (err == -EOF)
> > >> +			break;
> > >
> > >	-EOF results in a return code 0 ?
> > 
> > Results in a return code -256.
> 
> Really ? It breaks out of the loop and returns 0 !

Likely it was done with intention - readdir returns 0 on EOF and NULL
direntry, in Jörn's code subsequent readdir call will return EOF 
again and filldir callback will not be called, so NULL will be 
returned to userspace.

-- 
	Evgeniy Polyakov
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