Re: [PATCH 4/7] cifs: Add a function to read into an iter from a socket

[Al Viro]

On Tue, Aug 23, 2022 at 03:12:34PM +0100, David Howells wrote:
> +int
> +cifs_read_iter_from_socket(struct TCP_Server_Info *server, struct iov_iter *iter,
> +			   unsigned int to_read)
> +{
> +	struct msghdr smb_msg;
> +	int ret;
> +
> +	smb_msg.msg_iter = *iter;

> +	if (smb_msg.msg_iter.count > to_read)
> +		smb_msg.msg_iter.count = to_read;

ITYM
	iov_iter_truncate(&smb_msg.msg_iter, to_read);

> +	ret = cifs_readv_from_socket(server, &smb_msg);
> +	if (ret > 0)
> +		iov_iter_advance(iter, ret);
> +	return ret;
> +}
> +
>  static bool
>  is_smb_response(struct TCP_Server_Info *server, unsigned char type)
>  {
> 
>