1 files changed, 10 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/mm/filemap.c b/mm/filemap.c
index d504d6e98886..648f2c0c8e18 100644
--- a/mm/filemap.c
+++ b/mm/filemap.c
@@ -2069,7 +2069,7 @@ generic_file_buffered_write(struct kiocb *iocb, const struct iovec *iov,
 {
         struct file *file = iocb->ki_filp;
         struct address_space * mapping = file->f_mapping;
-        struct address_space_operations *a_ops = mapping->a_ops;
+        const struct address_space_operations *a_ops = mapping->a_ops;
         struct inode    *inode = mapping->host;
         long            status = 0;
         struct page     *page;
@@ -2125,6 +2125,12 @@ generic_file_buffered_write(struct kiocb *iocb, const struct iovec *iov,
                         break;
                 }
 
+                if (unlikely(bytes == 0)) {
+                        status = 0;
+                        copied = 0;
+                        goto zero_length_segment;
+                }
+
                 status = a_ops->prepare_write(file, page, offset, offset+bytes);
                 if (unlikely(status)) {
                         loff_t isize = i_size_read(inode);
@@ -2154,7 +2160,8 @@ generic_file_buffered_write(struct kiocb *iocb, const struct iovec *iov,
                         page_cache_release(page);
                         continue;
                 }
-                if (likely(copied > 0)) {
+zero_length_segment:
+                if (likely(copied >= 0)) {
                         if (!status)
                                 status = copied;
 
@@ -2219,7 +2226,7 @@ __generic_file_aio_write_nolock(struct kiocb *iocb, const struct iovec *iov,
                                 unsigned long nr_segs, loff_t *ppos)
 {
         struct file *file = iocb->ki_filp;
-        struct address_space * mapping = file->f_mapping;
+        const struct address_space * mapping = file->f_mapping;
         size_t ocount;          /* original count */
         size_t count;           /* after file limit checks */
         struct inode    *inode = mapping->host;