[PATCH v2 1/7] splice: don't generate zero-len segement bvecs

[Pavel Begunkov]

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;
-
 		if (unlikely(nbufs < pipe->max_usage)) {
 			kfree(array);
 			nbufs = pipe->max_usage;
@@ -662,12 +661,13 @@ iter_file_splice_write(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe, struct file *out,
 
 		/* build the vector */
 		left = sd.total_len;
-		for (n = 0; !pipe_empty(head, tail) && left && n < nbufs; tail++, n++) {
+		for (n = 0; !pipe_empty(head, tail) && left && n < nbufs; tail++) {
 			struct pipe_buffer *buf = &pipe->bufs[tail & mask];
 			size_t this_len = buf->len;
 
-			if (this_len > left)
-				this_len = left;
+			if (!this_len)
+				continue;
+			this_len = min(this_len, left);
 
 			ret = pipe_buf_confirm(pipe, buf);
 			if (unlikely(ret)) {
@@ -680,6 +680,7 @@ iter_file_splice_write(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe, struct file *out,
 			array[n].bv_len = this_len;
 			array[n].bv_offset = buf->offset;
 			left -= this_len;
+			n++;
 		}
 
 		iov_iter_bvec(&from, WRITE, array, n, sd.total_len - left);
-- 
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