I still want to do an in-kernel copy even if the files are on different mountpoints, and NFS has a "server to server" copy that expects two files on different mountpoints. Let's have individual filesystems implement this check instead. Signed-off-by: Anna Schumaker <Anna.Schumaker@xxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: David Sterba <dsterba@xxxxxxxx> --- fs/read_write.c | 5 ----- 1 file changed, 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/read_write.c b/fs/read_write.c index 6f74f1f..ee9fa37 100644 --- a/fs/read_write.c +++ b/fs/read_write.c @@ -1366,11 +1366,6 @@ ssize_t vfs_copy_file_range(struct file *file_in, loff_t pos_in, pos_in + len > i_size_read(inode_in)) return -EINVAL; - /* this could be relaxed once a method supports cross-fs copies */ - if (inode_in->i_sb != inode_out->i_sb || - file_in->f_path.mnt != file_out->f_path.mnt) - return -EXDEV; - if (len == 0) return 0; -- 2.6.0 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-api" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
