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-rw-r--r--fs/configfs/file.c9
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/fs/configfs/file.c b/fs/configfs/file.c
index 2a7cb086e80c..d98be5e01328 100644
--- a/fs/configfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/configfs/file.c
@@ -162,14 +162,17 @@ fill_write_buffer(struct configfs_buffer * buffer, const char __user * buf, size
int error;
if (!buffer->page)
- buffer->page = (char *)get_zeroed_page(GFP_KERNEL);
+ buffer->page = (char *)__get_free_pages(GFP_KERNEL, 0);
if (!buffer->page)
return -ENOMEM;
- if (count > PAGE_SIZE)
- count = PAGE_SIZE;
+ if (count >= PAGE_SIZE)
+ count = PAGE_SIZE - 1;
error = copy_from_user(buffer->page,buf,count);
buffer->needs_read_fill = 1;
+ /* if buf is assumed to contain a string, terminate it by \0,
+ * so e.g. sscanf() can scan the string easily */
+ buffer->page[count] = 0;
return error ? -EFAULT : count;
}