If .next function does not change position index,
following .show function will repeat output related
to current position index.
Without patch:
 # dd if=/proc/net/ip_tables_matches  # original file output
 conntrack
 conntrack
 conntrack
 recent
 recent
 icmp
 udplite
 udp
 tcp
 0+1 records in
 0+1 records out
 65 bytes copied, 5.4074e-05 s, 1.2 MB/s
 # dd if=/proc/net/ip_tables_matches bs=62 skip=1
 dd: /proc/net/ip_tables_matches: cannot skip to specified offset
 cp   <<< end of  last line
 tcp  <<< and then unexpected whole last line once again
 0+1 records in
 0+1 records out
 7 bytes copied, 0.
000102447 s, 68.3 kB/s
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Fixes: 1f4aace60b0e ("fs/seq_file.c: simplify seq_file iteration code ...")
Link: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=206283
Signed-off-by: Vasily Averin <vvs@virtuozzo.com>
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
 
        uint8_t nfproto = (unsigned long)PDE_DATA(file_inode(seq->file));
        struct nf_mttg_trav *trav = seq->private;
 
+       if (ppos != NULL)
+               ++(*ppos);
+
        switch (trav->class) {
        case MTTG_TRAV_INIT:
                trav->class = MTTG_TRAV_NFP_UNSPEC;
        default:
                return NULL;
        }
-
-       if (ppos != NULL)
-               ++*ppos;
        return trav;
 }