Merge branch 'master' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6

[pandora-kernel.git] / fs / splice.c

diff --git a/fs/splice.c b/fs/splice.c
index 1bbc6f4..1abab5c 100644 (file)
--- a/fs/splice.c
+++ b/fs/splice.c
@@ -731,8 +731,8 @@ ssize_t splice_from_pipe(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe, struct file *out,
        };
 
        /*
-        * The actor worker might be calling ->prepare_write and
-        * ->commit_write. Most of the time, these expect i_mutex to
+        * The actor worker might be calling ->write_begin and
+        * ->write_end. Most of the time, these expect i_mutex to
         * be held. Since this may result in an ABBA deadlock with
         * pipe->inode, we have to order lock acquiry here.
         */
@@ -898,6 +898,9 @@ static long do_splice_from(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe, struct file *out,
        if (unlikely(!(out->f_mode & FMODE_WRITE)))
                return -EBADF;
 
+       if (unlikely(out->f_flags & O_APPEND))
+               return -EINVAL;
+
        ret = rw_verify_area(WRITE, out, ppos, len);
        if (unlikely(ret < 0))
                return ret;