Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs

Pull vfs fixes from Al Viro:
 "A couple of fixes for sendfile lockups caught by Dmitry + a fix for
  ancient sysvfs symlink breakage"

* 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs:
  vfs: Avoid softlockups with sendfile(2)
  vfs: Make sendfile(2) killable even better
  fix sysvfs symlinks

2 files changed, 10 insertions, 9 deletions

diff --git a/fs/splice.c b/fs/splice.c
index 801c21cd77fe..4cf700d50b40 100644
--- a/fs/splice.c
+++ b/fs/splice.c
@@ -809,6 +809,13 @@ static int splice_from_pipe_feed(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe, struct splice_des
  */
 static int splice_from_pipe_next(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe, struct splice_desc *sd)
 {
+	/*
+	 * Check for signal early to make process killable when there are
+	 * always buffers available
+	 */
+	if (signal_pending(current))
+		return -ERESTARTSYS;
+
 	while (!pipe->nrbufs) {
 		if (!pipe->writers)
 			return 0;
@@ -884,6 +891,7 @@ ssize_t __splice_from_pipe(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe, struct splice_desc *sd,
 
 	splice_from_pipe_begin(sd);
 	do {
+		cond_resched();
 		ret = splice_from_pipe_next(pipe, sd);
 		if (ret > 0)
 			ret = splice_from_pipe_feed(pipe, sd, actor);
diff --git a/fs/sysv/inode.c b/fs/sysv/inode.c
index 590ad9206e3f..02fa1dcc5969 100644
--- a/fs/sysv/inode.c
+++ b/fs/sysv/inode.c
@@ -162,15 +162,8 @@ void sysv_set_inode(struct inode *inode, dev_t rdev)
 		inode->i_fop = &sysv_dir_operations;
 		inode->i_mapping->a_ops = &sysv_aops;
 	} else if (S_ISLNK(inode->i_mode)) {
-		if (inode->i_blocks) {
-			inode->i_op = &sysv_symlink_inode_operations;
-			inode->i_mapping->a_ops = &sysv_aops;
-		} else {
-			inode->i_op = &simple_symlink_inode_operations;
-			inode->i_link = (char *)SYSV_I(inode)->i_data;
-			nd_terminate_link(inode->i_link, inode->i_size,
-				sizeof(SYSV_I(inode)->i_data) - 1);
-		}
+		inode->i_op = &sysv_symlink_inode_operations;
+		inode->i_mapping->a_ops = &sysv_aops;
 	} else
 		init_special_inode(inode, inode->i_mode, rdev);
 }