Re: [PATCH] agp: remove read/write stubs

From: Mathias Krause
Date: Fri Aug 01 2014 - 16:01:52 EST


On 22 July 2014 21:50, Mathias Krause <minipli@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 9 July 2014 08:52, Mathias Krause <minipli@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> On 9 July 2014 00:48, Dave Airlie <airlied@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> On 2 July 2014 16:15, Mathias Krause <minipli@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>> On 15 June 2014 23:02, Mathias Krause <minipli@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>> The VFS layer handles those in the very same way, if unset. No need for
>>>>> additional stubs.
>>>>>
>>>>> Signed-off-by: Mathias Krause <minipli@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>> Cc: Alexander Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>> ---
>>>>> drivers/char/agp/frontend.c | 15 ---------------
>>>>> 1 file changed, 15 deletions(-)
>>>>>
>>>>> diff --git a/drivers/char/agp/frontend.c b/drivers/char/agp/frontend.c
>>>>> index b29703324e..09f17eb734 100644
>>>>> --- a/drivers/char/agp/frontend.c
>>>>> +++ b/drivers/char/agp/frontend.c
>>>>> @@ -710,19 +710,6 @@ static int agp_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
>>>>> return 0;
>>>>> }
>>>>>
>>>>> -
>>>>> -static ssize_t agp_read(struct file *file, char __user *buf,
>>>>> - size_t count, loff_t * ppos)
>>>>> -{
>>>>> - return -EINVAL;
>>>>> -}
>>>>> -
>>>>> -static ssize_t agp_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buf,
>>>>> - size_t count, loff_t * ppos)
>>>>> -{
>>>>> - return -EINVAL;
>>>>> -}
>>>>> -
>>>>> static int agpioc_info_wrap(struct agp_file_private *priv, void __user *arg)
>>>>> {
>>>>> struct agp_info userinfo;
>>>>> @@ -1047,8 +1034,6 @@ static const struct file_operations agp_fops =
>>>>> {
>>>>> .owner = THIS_MODULE,
>>>>> .llseek = no_llseek,
>>>>> - .read = agp_read,
>>>>> - .write = agp_write,
>>>>> .unlocked_ioctl = agp_ioctl,
>>>>> #ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT
>>>>> .compat_ioctl = compat_agp_ioctl,
>>>>> --
>>>>> 1.7.10.4
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Ping. Any objections, comments? David?
>>>
>>> Are you sure VFS handles this the same way? can you point me where it
>>> checks ->read and returns -EINVAL, I'm probably just missing it in my
>>> quick look over fs/read_write.c
>>
>> The VFS code changed during the last merge window so the ->read and
>> ->write tests are no longer directly visible. The presence of a ->read
>> / ->write function is now remembered at open(2) time and stored in
>> ->f_mode as a flag.
>>
>> The corresponding commit for the VFS change is 7f7f25e82d "replace
>> checking for ->read/->aio_read presence with check in ->f_mode".
>> Despite its subject, it also handles ->write / ->aio_write. The flags
>> are set in fs/open:do_dentry_open():
>>
>> if ((f->f_mode & FMODE_READ) &&
>> likely(f->f_op->read || f->f_op->aio_read || f->f_op->read_iter))
>> f->f_mode |= FMODE_CAN_READ;
>> if ((f->f_mode & FMODE_WRITE) &&
>> likely(f->f_op->write || f->f_op->aio_write || f->f_op->write_iter))
>> f->f_mode |= FMODE_CAN_WRITE;
>>
>> With that change in mind, the redundancy of the agp_read() and
>> agp_write() functions can be seen for read(2) in vfs_read():
>>
>> if (!(file->f_mode & FMODE_CAN_READ))
>> return -EINVAL;
>>
>> ..and for write(2) in vfs_write():
>>
>> if (!(file->f_mode & FMODE_CAN_WRITE))
>> return -EINVAL;
>>
>> The other entry points (readv / writev / compat wrappers) have been
>> changed accordingly, so those handle a missing ->read / ->write
>> callback in the same way: returning -EINVAL.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Mathias
>
> Ping. Any more comments, David?

Ping, ping. David, did you had time to look at the patch again?

Regards,
Mathias
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