Re: [PATCH] fs: fix misleading comments in read_write.c

[Christian Brauner]

On Mon, 14 Sep 2026 15:53:37 +0800, Yingchao Deng wrote:
> generic_write_checks() returns the number of bytes that may be written
> (possibly truncated by generic_write_check_limits()), not zero.  The
> comment was likely copied from generic_copy_file_checks(), which is the
> analogous function for copy_file_range() and does return 0 on success.
> 
> Also, no_seek_end_llseek() and no_seek_end_llseek_size() are helpers for
> files that do not support SEEK_END (they only handle SEEK_SET and
> SEEK_CUR), not for "fixed-sized devices"; that description was copied
> from fixed_size_llseek().
> 
> [...]

Applied to the vfs-7.4.misc branch of the vfs/vfs.git tree.
Patches in the vfs-7.4.misc branch should appear in linux-next soon.

Please report any outstanding bugs that were missed during review in a
new review to the original patch series allowing us to drop it.

It's encouraged to provide Acked-bys and Reviewed-bys even though the
patch has now been applied. If possible patch trailers will be updated.

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tree:   https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vfs/vfs.git
branch: vfs-7.4.misc

[1/1] fs: fix misleading comments in read_write.c
      https://git.kernel.org/vfs/vfs/c/73a1ab6d7e14