On 04/01/2021 16:17, Christoph Hellwig wrote: > On Sat, Jan 02, 2021 at 03:17:33PM +0000, Pavel Begunkov wrote: >> iter_file_splice_write() may spawn bvec segments with zero-length. In >> preparation for prohibiting them, filter out by hand at splice level. >> >> Signed-off-by: Pavel Begunkov <asml.silence@xxxxxxxxx> >> --- >> fs/splice.c | 9 +++++---- >> 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) >> >> diff --git a/fs/splice.c b/fs/splice.c >> index 866d5c2367b2..7299330c3270 100644 >> --- a/fs/splice.c >> +++ b/fs/splice.c >> @@ -644,7 +644,6 @@ iter_file_splice_write(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe, struct file *out, >> ret = splice_from_pipe_next(pipe, &sd); >> if (ret <= 0) >> break; >> - > > Spurious empty line removal.. > >> + if (!this_len) >> + continue; > > Maybe throw in a comment on why we skip empty segments here? Definitely won't hurt. Thanks for taking a look > > Otherwise looks good: > > Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx> > -- Pavel Begunkov