[PATCH] SYSFS: fix PAGE_SIZE check

[PATCH] SYSFS: fix PAGE_SIZE check

Without this change I can't set an attribute exactly PAGE_SIZE in
length. There is no need for zero termination because the interface
uses lengths.

From: Jon Smirl <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <[email protected]>

---
commit 9d9d27fb651a7c95a46f276bacb4329db47470a6
tree cf25134082cb61e860f65af73adc91674ec74258
parent 42b16c051c3f462095fb8c9bad1bc05b34518cb9
author Jon Smirl <[email protected]> Tue, 14 Jun 2005 09:54:54 -0400
committer Greg Kroah-Hartman <[email protected]> Mon, 20 Jun 2005 15:15:38 -0700

 fs/sysfs/file.c |    2 +-
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/sysfs/file.c b/fs/sysfs/file.c
--- a/fs/sysfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/file.c
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ fill_write_buffer(struct sysfs_buffer * 
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	if (count >= PAGE_SIZE)
-		count = PAGE_SIZE - 1;
+		count = PAGE_SIZE;
 	error = copy_from_user(buffer->page,buf,count);
 	buffer->needs_read_fill = 1;
 	return error ? -EFAULT : count;

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