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? Otherwise looks good: Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx>