#! /bin/sh -e 
## <PATCHNAME>.dpatch by <PATCH_AUTHOR@EMAI>
##
## All lines beginning with `## DP:' are a description of the patch.
## DP: Description: Fixed signedness problem in sysfs.
## DP: Patch author: Alexander Nyberg <alexn@dsv.su.se>
## DP: Upstream status: backport

. $(dirname $0)/DPATCH

@DPATCH@
diff -urN x/fs/sysfs/file.c y/fs/sysfs/file.c
--- x/fs/sysfs/file.c	2004-08-24 17:15:28.000000000 +1000
+++ y/fs/sysfs/file.c	2005-04-05 19:54:31.000000000 +1000
@@ -228,13 +228,14 @@
 sysfs_write_file(struct file *file, const char __user *buf, size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
 {
 	struct sysfs_buffer * buffer = file->private_data;
+	ssize_t len;
 
-	count = fill_write_buffer(buffer,buf,count);
-	if (count > 0)
-		count = flush_write_buffer(file,buffer,count);
-	if (count > 0)
-		*ppos += count;
-	return count;
+	len = fill_write_buffer(buffer, buf, count);
+	if (len > 0)
+		len = flush_write_buffer(file, buffer, len);
+	if (len > 0)
+		*ppos += len;
+	return len;
 }
 
 static int check_perm(struct inode * inode, struct file * file)