When writing data that exceeds the nvmem size to a nvmem sysfs file using the sh redirection operator >, the shell hangs, trying to write the out-of-range bytes endlessly.
Fix the problem by returning EFBIG described in man 2 write. Similar change was done for binary sysfs files on commit 0936896056365349afa867c16e9f9100a6707cbf Signed-off-by: Guy Shapiro <[email protected]> Cc: [email protected] --- drivers/nvmem/core.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/nvmem/core.c b/drivers/nvmem/core.c index 4c49285..ae6cadd 100644 --- a/drivers/nvmem/core.c +++ b/drivers/nvmem/core.c @@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ static ssize_t bin_attr_nvmem_write(struct file *filp, struct kobject *kobj, /* Stop the user from writing */ if (pos >= nvmem->size) - return 0; + return -EFBIG; if (count < nvmem->word_size) return -EINVAL; -- 2.1.4
