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The existing read_slice() method is a wrapper around copy_from_user() and expects the user buffer to be larger than the destination buffer. However, userspace may split up writes in multiple partial operations providing an offset into the destination buffer and a smaller user buffer. In order to support this common case, provide a helper for partial reads. Reviewed-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> Reviewed-by: Matthew Maurer <mmaurer@google.com> Reviewed-by: Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@google.com> Reviewed-by: Alexandre Courbot <acourbot@nvidia.com> Acked-by: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@kernel.org> [ Replace map_or() with let-else; use saturating_add(). - Danilo ] Signed-off-by: Danilo Krummrich <dakr@kernel.org>
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the reStructuredText markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.