Rename do_splice_to() to vfs_splice_read() and export it so that it can be used as a helper when calling down to a lower layer filesystem as it performs all the necessary checks[1]. Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@xxxxxxxxxx> cc: Miklos Szeredi <miklos@xxxxxxxxxx> cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx> cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@xxxxxxxxx> cc: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> cc: John Hubbard <jhubbard@xxxxxxxxxx> cc: David Hildenbrand <david@xxxxxxxxxx> cc: Matthew Wilcox <willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> cc: linux-unionfs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx cc: linux-block@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx cc: linux-fsdevel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx cc: linux-mm@xxxxxxxxx Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/CAJfpeguGksS3sCigmRi9hJdUec8qtM9f+_9jC1rJhsXT+dV01w@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/ [1] --- fs/splice.c | 27 ++++++++++++++++++++------- include/linux/splice.h | 3 +++ 2 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/splice.c b/fs/splice.c index abd21a455a2b..90ccd3666dca 100644 --- a/fs/splice.c +++ b/fs/splice.c @@ -851,12 +851,24 @@ static long do_splice_from(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe, struct file *out, return out->f_op->splice_write(pipe, out, ppos, len, flags); } -/* - * Attempt to initiate a splice from a file to a pipe. +/** + * vfs_splice_read - Read data from a file and splice it into a pipe + * @in: File to splice from + * @ppos: Input file offset + * @pipe: Pipe to splice to + * @len: Number of bytes to splice + * @flags: Splice modifier flags (SPLICE_F_*) + * + * Splice the requested amount of data from the input file to the pipe. This + * is synchronous as the caller must hold the pipe lock across the entire + * operation. + * + * If successful, it returns the amount of data spliced, 0 if it hit the EOF or + * a hole and a negative error code otherwise. */ -static long do_splice_to(struct file *in, loff_t *ppos, - struct pipe_inode_info *pipe, size_t len, - unsigned int flags) +long vfs_splice_read(struct file *in, loff_t *ppos, + struct pipe_inode_info *pipe, size_t len, + unsigned int flags) { unsigned int p_space; int ret; @@ -879,6 +891,7 @@ static long do_splice_to(struct file *in, loff_t *ppos, return warn_unsupported(in, "read"); return in->f_op->splice_read(in, ppos, pipe, len, flags); } +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(vfs_splice_read); /** * splice_direct_to_actor - splices data directly between two non-pipes @@ -949,7 +962,7 @@ ssize_t splice_direct_to_actor(struct file *in, struct splice_desc *sd, size_t read_len; loff_t pos = sd->pos, prev_pos = pos; - ret = do_splice_to(in, &pos, pipe, len, flags); + ret = vfs_splice_read(in, &pos, pipe, len, flags); if (unlikely(ret <= 0)) goto out_release; @@ -1097,7 +1110,7 @@ long splice_file_to_pipe(struct file *in, pipe_lock(opipe); ret = wait_for_space(opipe, flags); if (!ret) - ret = do_splice_to(in, offset, opipe, len, flags); + ret = vfs_splice_read(in, offset, opipe, len, flags); pipe_unlock(opipe); if (ret > 0) wakeup_pipe_readers(opipe); diff --git a/include/linux/splice.h b/include/linux/splice.h index a55179fd60fc..8f052c3dae95 100644 --- a/include/linux/splice.h +++ b/include/linux/splice.h @@ -76,6 +76,9 @@ extern ssize_t splice_to_pipe(struct pipe_inode_info *, struct splice_pipe_desc *); extern ssize_t add_to_pipe(struct pipe_inode_info *, struct pipe_buffer *); +long vfs_splice_read(struct file *in, loff_t *ppos, + struct pipe_inode_info *pipe, size_t len, + unsigned int flags); extern ssize_t splice_direct_to_actor(struct file *, struct splice_desc *, splice_direct_actor *); extern long do_splice(struct file *in, loff_t *off_in,
