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yaml --- r: 309774 b: refs/heads/master c: ee62c6b h: refs/heads/master v: v3
git-mirror · Jun 1, 2012 · cbcbb82 · cbcbb82
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@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
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-refs/heads/master: 71ca97da9d027009d318d319cbacf54a72f666c1
+refs/heads/master: ee62c6b2dc93c09585b51fad18449dc5edb9977f
diff --git a/trunk/fs/eventfd.c b/trunk/fs/eventfd.c
@@ -46,20 +46,16 @@ struct eventfd_ctx {
  * value, and we signal this as overflow condition by returining a POLLERR
  * to poll(2).
  *
- * Returns @n in case of success, a non-negative number lower than @n in case
- * of overflow, or the following error codes:
- *
- * -EINVAL    : The value of @n is negative.
+ * Returns the amount by which the counter was incrememnted.  This will be less
+ * than @n if the counter has overflowed.
  */
-int eventfd_signal(struct eventfd_ctx *ctx, int n)
+__u64 eventfd_signal(struct eventfd_ctx *ctx, __u64 n)
 {
 	unsigned long flags;
 
-	if (n < 0)
-		return -EINVAL;
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&ctx->wqh.lock, flags);
 	if (ULLONG_MAX - ctx->count < n)
-		n = (int) (ULLONG_MAX - ctx->count);
+		n = ULLONG_MAX - ctx->count;
 	ctx->count += n;
 	if (waitqueue_active(&ctx->wqh))
 		wake_up_locked_poll(&ctx->wqh, POLLIN);

diff --git a/trunk/include/linux/eventfd.h b/trunk/include/linux/eventfd.h
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ void eventfd_ctx_put(struct eventfd_ctx *ctx);
 struct file *eventfd_fget(int fd);
 struct eventfd_ctx *eventfd_ctx_fdget(int fd);
 struct eventfd_ctx *eventfd_ctx_fileget(struct file *file);
-int eventfd_signal(struct eventfd_ctx *ctx, int n);
+__u64 eventfd_signal(struct eventfd_ctx *ctx, __u64 n);
 ssize_t eventfd_ctx_read(struct eventfd_ctx *ctx, int no_wait, __u64 *cnt);
 int eventfd_ctx_remove_wait_queue(struct eventfd_ctx *ctx, wait_queue_t *wait,
 				  __u64 *cnt);