Since commit 485ddb4b9741 ("1/2 splice: dont steal")' (2007),
the SPLICE_F_MOVE support was removed (became a no-op according
to man pages), and thus disabling steal operation that would make
moving pages possible.
This fixes the comment, making clear pages are not moved.
Signed-off-by: Leonardo Bras <leonardo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/splice.c | 3 +--
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fs/splice.c b/fs/splice.c
index 14cb602d9a2f..0ba151c40cef 100644
--- a/fs/splice.c
+++ b/fs/splice.c
@@ -671,8 +671,7 @@ ssize_t splice_from_pipe(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe, struct file *out,
* @flags: splice modifier flags
*
* Description:
- * Will either move or copy pages (determined by @flags options) from
- * the given pipe inode to the given file.
+ * Will copy pages from the given pipe inode to the given file.
* This one is ->write_iter-based.
*
*/
--
2.20.1
