add upstream fixes for 1.7.2
[openwrt.git] / package / busybox / patches / 990-upstream_tail_fix.patch
diff --git a/package/busybox/patches/990-upstream_tail_fix.patch b/package/busybox/patches/990-upstream_tail_fix.patch
new file mode 100644 (file)
index 0000000..ffae223
--- /dev/null
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+diff -urN busybox-1.7.2/coreutils/tail.c busybox-1.7.2-tail/coreutils/tail.c
+--- busybox-1.7.2/coreutils/tail.c     2007-09-03 12:48:40.000000000 +0100
++++ busybox-1.7.2-tail/coreutils/tail.c        2007-10-02 11:16:28.000000000 +0100
+@@ -47,13 +47,16 @@
+ static ssize_t tail_read(int fd, char *buf, size_t count)
+ {
+       ssize_t r;
+-      off_t current, end;
++      off_t current;
+       struct stat sbuf;
+-      end = current = lseek(fd, 0, SEEK_CUR);
+-      if (!fstat(fd, &sbuf))
+-              end = sbuf.st_size;
+-      lseek(fd, end < current ? 0 : current, SEEK_SET);
++      /* (A good comment is missing here) */
++      current = lseek(fd, 0, SEEK_CUR);
++      /* /proc files report zero st_size, don't lseek them. */
++      if (fstat(fd, &sbuf) == 0 && sbuf.st_size)
++              if (sbuf.st_size < current)
++                      lseek(fd, 0, SEEK_SET);
++
+       r = safe_read(fd, buf, count);
+       if (r < 0) {
+               bb_perror_msg(bb_msg_read_error);
+@@ -67,8 +70,12 @@
+ static unsigned eat_num(const char *p)
+ {
+-      if (*p == '-') p++;
+-      else if (*p == '+') { p++; G.status = EXIT_FAILURE; }
++      if (*p == '-')
++              p++;
++      else if (*p == '+') {
++              p++;
++              G.status = EXIT_FAILURE;
++      }
+       return xatou_sfx(p, tail_suffixes);
+ }