Re: [PATCH v3 5/9] vfs: Copy shouldn't forbid ranges inside the same file

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On Fri, Sep 25, 2015 at 04:48:11PM -0400, Anna Schumaker wrote:
> This is perfectly valid for BTRFS and XFS, so let's leave this up to
> filesystems to check.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Anna Schumaker <Anna.Schumaker@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: David Sterba <dsterba@xxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Darrick J. Wong <darrick.wong@xxxxxxxxxx>

--D

> ---
>  fs/read_write.c | 4 ----
>  1 file changed, 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/fs/read_write.c b/fs/read_write.c
> index f3d6c48..8e7cb33 100644
> --- a/fs/read_write.c
> +++ b/fs/read_write.c
> @@ -1371,10 +1371,6 @@ ssize_t vfs_copy_file_range(struct file *file_in, loff_t pos_in,
>  	    file_in->f_path.mnt != file_out->f_path.mnt)
>  		return -EXDEV;
>  
> -	/* forbid ranges in the same file */
> -	if (inode_in == inode_out)
> -		return -EINVAL;
> -
>  	if (len == 0)
>  		return 0;
>  
> -- 
> 2.5.3
> 
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