Re: [PATCH v12 01/10] vfs, iomap: Fix generic_file_splice_read() to avoid reversion of ITER_PIPE

[David Howells]

Matthew Wilcox <willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> What's the point in iov_iter_count() anyway?  It's more characters
> than iter->count, so why not use it directly?

I presume it got added for a reason and should be used in preference to direct
access.

David