seq_file: properly cope with pread

Currently seq_read assumes that the offset passed to it is always the
offset it passed to user space. In the case pread this assumption is
broken and we do the wrong thing when presented with pread.

To solve this I introduce an offset cache inside of struct seq_file so we
know where our logical file position is. Then in seq_read if we try to
read from another offset we reset our data structures and attempt to go to
the offset user space wanted.

[[e-mail]: restore FMODE_PWRITE]
[[e-mail]: seq_open needs its fmode opened up to take advantage of this]
Signed-off-by: Eric Biederman <[e-mail]>
Cc: Alexey Dobriyan <[e-mail]>
Cc: Al Viro <[e-mail]>
Cc: Paul Turner <[e-mail]>
Cc: <[e-mail]> [2.6.25.x, 2.6.26.x, 2.6.27.x, 2.6.28.x]
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <[e-mail]>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <[e-mail]>

fs/seq_file.c

···
 	 */
 	file->f_version = 0;
 
-	/* SEQ files support lseek, but not pread/pwrite */
-	file->f_mode &= ~(FMODE_PREAD | FMODE_PWRITE);
+	/*
+	 * seq_files support lseek() and pread().  They do not implement
+	 * write() at all, but we clear FMODE_PWRITE here for historical
+	 * reasons.
+	 *
+	 * If a client of seq_files a) implements file.write() and b) wishes to
+	 * support pwrite() then that client will need to implement its own
+	 * file.open() which calls seq_open() and then sets FMODE_PWRITE.
+	 */
+	file->f_mode &= ~FMODE_PWRITE;
 	return 0;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(seq_open);
···
 	int err = 0;
 
 	mutex_lock(&m->lock);
+
+	/* Don't assume *ppos is where we left it */
+	if (unlikely(*ppos != m->read_pos)) {
+		m->read_pos = *ppos;
+		while ((err = traverse(m, *ppos)) == -EAGAIN)
+			;
+		if (err) {
+			/* With prejudice... */
+			m->read_pos = 0;
+			m->version = 0;
+			m->index = 0;
+			m->count = 0;
+			goto Done;
+		}
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * seq_file->op->..m_start/m_stop/m_next may do special actions
 	 * or optimisations based on the file->f_version, so we want to
···
 Done:
 	if (!copied)
 		copied = err;
-	else
+	else {
 		*ppos += copied;
+		m->read_pos += copied;
+	}
 	file->f_version = m->version;
 	mutex_unlock(&m->lock);
 	return copied;
···
 			if (offset < 0)
 				break;
 			retval = offset;
-			if (offset != file->f_pos) {
+			if (offset != m->read_pos) {
 				while ((retval=traverse(m, offset)) == -EAGAIN)
 					;
 				if (retval) {
 					/* with extreme prejudice... */
 					file->f_pos = 0;
+					m->read_pos = 0;
 					m->version = 0;
 					m->index = 0;
 					m->count = 0;
 				} else {
+					m->read_pos = offset;
 					retval = file->f_pos = offset;
 				}
 			}

include/linux/seq_file.h

···
 	size_t from;
 	size_t count;
 	loff_t index;
+	loff_t read_pos;
 	u64 version;
 	struct mutex lock;
 	const struct seq_operations *op;