lockdep: Avoid /proc/lockdep & lock_stat infinite output
Both /proc/lockdep and /proc/lock_stat output may loop infinitely. When a read() requests an amount of data smaller than the amount of data that the seq_file's foo_show() outputs, the output starts looping and outputs the "stuck" element's data infinitely. There may be multiple sequential calls to foo_start(), foo_next()/foo_show(), and foo_stop() for a single open with sequential read of the file. The _start() does not have to start with the 0th element and _show() might be called multiple times in a row for the same element for a given open/read of the seq_file. Also header output should not be happening in _start(). All output should be in _show(), which SEQ_START_TOKEN is meant to help. Having output in _start() may also negatively impact seq_file's seq_read() and traverse() accounting. Signed-off-by: Tim Pepper <lnxninja@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Cc: Al Viro <viro@ftp.linux.org.uk>
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