Re: [PATCH v1 2/3] VFS permit cross device vfs_copy_file_range

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On Thu, Mar 02, 2017 at 11:02:10AM -0500, Olga Kornievskaia wrote:
> Allow nfs_copy_file_range to copy across devices.
> NFSv4.2 inter server to server copy always copies across devices, and
> NFSv4.2 intra server to server copy can copy across devices on the same
> server.
> 
> If a file system's fileoperations copy_file_range operation prohibits
> cross-device copies, fall back to do_splice_direct. This is needed for
> nfsd_copy_file_range() which is called by the inter server to server
> destination server acting as an NFS client, and reading the file from
> the source server.

NAK, we really should not do operations between different superblocks.



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