Re: [PATCH 0/3] block: loop: switch to VFS ITER_BVEC

From: Al Viro
Date: Sat Apr 04 2015 - 01:20:46 EST


On Wed, Mar 25, 2015 at 04:27:48PM +0100, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 25, 2015 at 03:23:48PM +0800, Ming Lei wrote:
> > > - mm_segment_t old_fs = get_fs();
> > > +
> > > + iov_iter_bvec(&i, ITER_BVEC, bvec, 1, bvec->bv_len);
> > >
> > > file_start_write(file);
> > > - set_fs(get_ds());
> > > - bw = file->f_op->write(file, buf, len, &pos);
> > > - set_fs(old_fs);
> > > + bw = vfs_iter_write(file, &i, ppos);
> >
> > This patch moves to support ->read_iter/->write_iter only, which
> > might cause regression for backing file without defining read/write
> > iter callback.
>
> ->read_iter/->write_iter is the main fs I/O path - by the time this is
> ready ->aio_read/->aio_write should be gone.

So they are. Folks, could you base /dev/loop stuff on current
vfs.git#for-next? And yes, everything that might serve as backing file
for /dev/loop has ->write_iter() now.
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