got struck with device driver calculations ..in orelly book
Hi in the below code can anybody explain why this calculation is required heilighted in red colour,please dont hesitate to explain i will be happy and thankful to your answer .when i am getting cursor position as argument why this is required again ,i got struck at this position.
ssize_t scull_read(struct file *filp, char *buf, size_t count,
loff_t *f_pos)
{
Scull_Dev *dev = filp->private_data; /* the first listitem */
Scull_Dev *dptr;
int quantum = dev->quantum;
int qset = dev->qset;
int itemsize = quantum * qset; /* how many bytes in the listitem */
int item, s_pos, q_pos, rest;
ssize_t ret = 0;
if (down_interruptible(&dev->sem))
return -ERESTARTSYS;
if (*f_pos >= dev->size)
goto out;
if (*f_pos + count > dev->size)
count = dev->size - *f_pos;
/* find listitem, qset index, and offset in the quantum */
item = (long)*f_pos / itemsize;
rest = (long)*f_pos % itemsize;
s_pos = rest / quantum; q_pos = rest % quantum;
/* follow the list up to the right position (defined elsewhere) */
dptr = scull_follow(dev, item);
if (!dptr->data)
goto out; /* don't fill holes */
if (!dptr->data[s_pos])
goto out;
/* read only up to the end of this quantum */
if (count > quantum - q_pos)
count = quantum - q_pos;
if (copy_to_user(buf, dptr->data[s_pos]+q_pos, count)) {
ret = -EFAULT;
goto out;
}
*f_pos += count;
ret = count;
out:
up(&dev->sem);
return ret;
}
