diff -NurpP --minimal a/kernel/vserver/proc.c b/kernel/vserver/proc.c
--- a/kernel/vserver/proc.c	2005-03-01 00:07:27.000000000 +0100
+++ b/kernel/vserver/proc.c	2005-03-01 01:02:45.000000000 +0100
@@ -293,7 +293,6 @@ static ssize_t proc_vid_info_read(struct
 	struct inode * inode = file->f_dentry->d_inode;
 	unsigned long page;
 	ssize_t length;
-	ssize_t end;
 	int vid;
 
 	if (count > PROC_BLOCK_SIZE)
@@ -304,22 +303,12 @@ static ssize_t proc_vid_info_read(struct
 	vid = inode_vid(inode);
 	length = PROC_I(inode)->op.proc_vid_read(vid, (char*)page);
 
-	if (length < 0) {
-		free_page(page);
-		return length;
-	}
-	/* Static 4kB (or whatever) block capacity */
-	if (*ppos >= length) {
-		free_page(page);
-		return 0;
-	}
-	if (count + *ppos > length)
-		count = length - *ppos;
-	end = count + *ppos;
-	copy_to_user(buf, (char *) page + *ppos, count);
-	*ppos = end;
+	if (length >= 0)
+		length = simple_read_from_buffer(buf, count, ppos,
+				(char *)page, length);
+
 	free_page(page);
-	return count;
+	return length;
 }