[PATCH v3 04/13] vfs: remove redundant checks from generic_remap_checks()

[Amir Goldstein <amir73il@xxxxxxxxx>]

The access limit checks on input file range in generic_remap_checks()
are redundant because the input file size is guaranteied to be within
limits and pos+len are already checked to be within input file size.

Beyond the fact that the check cannot fail, if it would have failed,
it could return -EFBIG for input file range error. There is no precedent
for that. -EFBIG is returned in syscalls that would change file length.

With that call removed, we can fold generic_access_check_limits() into
generic_write_check_limits().

Signed-off-by: Amir Goldstein <amir73il@xxxxxxxxx>
---
 mm/filemap.c | 33 ++++++++++++---------------------
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/filemap.c b/mm/filemap.c
index a38619a4a6af..44361928bbb0 100644
--- a/mm/filemap.c
+++ b/mm/filemap.c
@@ -2895,24 +2895,11 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(read_cache_page_gfp);
  * LFS limits.  If pos is under the limit it becomes a short access.  If it
  * exceeds the limit we return -EFBIG.
  */
-static int generic_access_check_limits(struct file *file, loff_t pos,
-				       loff_t *count)
-{
-	struct inode *inode = file->f_mapping->host;
-	loff_t max_size = inode->i_sb->s_maxbytes;
-
-	if (!(file->f_flags & O_LARGEFILE))
-		max_size = MAX_NON_LFS;
-
-	if (unlikely(pos >= max_size))
-		return -EFBIG;
-	*count = min(*count, max_size - pos);
-	return 0;
-}
-
 static int generic_write_check_limits(struct file *file, loff_t pos,
 				      loff_t *count)
 {
+	struct inode *inode = file->f_mapping->host;
+	loff_t max_size = inode->i_sb->s_maxbytes;
 	loff_t limit = rlimit(RLIMIT_FSIZE);
 
 	if (limit != RLIM_INFINITY) {
@@ -2923,7 +2910,15 @@ static int generic_write_check_limits(struct file *file, loff_t pos,
 		*count = min(*count, limit - pos);
 	}
 
-	return generic_access_check_limits(file, pos, count);
+	if (!(file->f_flags & O_LARGEFILE))
+		max_size = MAX_NON_LFS;
+
+	if (unlikely(pos >= max_size))
+		return -EFBIG;
+
+	*count = min(*count, max_size - pos);
+
+	return 0;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -2963,7 +2958,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(generic_write_checks);
 /*
  * Performs necessary checks before doing a clone.
  *
- * Can adjust amount of bytes to clone.
+ * Can adjust amount of bytes to clone via @req_count argument.
  * Returns appropriate error code that caller should return or
  * zero in case the clone should be allowed.
  */
@@ -3001,10 +2996,6 @@ int generic_remap_checks(struct file *file_in, loff_t pos_in,
 		return -EINVAL;
 	count = min(count, size_in - (uint64_t)pos_in);
 
-	ret = generic_access_check_limits(file_in, pos_in, &count);
-	if (ret)
-		return ret;
-
 	ret = generic_write_check_limits(file_out, pos_out, &count);
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
-- 
2.17.1