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-rw-r--r--drivers/char/mem.c5
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/char/mem.c b/drivers/char/mem.c
index 91dd669273e..a85f3a36144 100644
--- a/drivers/char/mem.c
+++ b/drivers/char/mem.c
@@ -817,7 +817,7 @@ static ssize_t kmsg_write(struct file * file, const char __user * buf,
size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
{
char *tmp;
- int ret;
+ ssize_t ret;
tmp = kmalloc(count + 1, GFP_KERNEL);
if (tmp == NULL)
@@ -826,6 +826,9 @@ static ssize_t kmsg_write(struct file * file, const char __user * buf,
if (!copy_from_user(tmp, buf, count)) {
tmp[count] = 0;
ret = printk("%s", tmp);
+ if (ret > count)
+ /* printk can add a prefix */
+ ret = count;
}
kfree(tmp);
return ret;