[PATCH v17 02/14] splice: Make do_splice_to() generic and export it

[David Howells]

Rename do_splice_to() to vfs_splice_read() and export it so that it can be
used as a helper when calling down to a lower layer filesystem as it
performs all the necessary checks[1].

Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@xxxxxxxxxx>
cc: Miklos Szeredi <miklos@xxxxxxxxxx>
cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx>
cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@xxxxxxxxx>
cc: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
cc: John Hubbard <jhubbard@xxxxxxxxxx>
cc: David Hildenbrand <david@xxxxxxxxxx>
cc: Matthew Wilcox <willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
cc: linux-unionfs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
cc: linux-block@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
cc: linux-fsdevel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
cc: linux-mm@xxxxxxxxx
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/CAJfpeguGksS3sCigmRi9hJdUec8qtM9f+_9jC1rJhsXT+dV01w@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/ [1]
---
 fs/splice.c            | 27 ++++++++++++++++++++-------
 include/linux/splice.h |  3 +++
 2 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/splice.c b/fs/splice.c
index abd21a455a2b..90ccd3666dca 100644
--- a/fs/splice.c
+++ b/fs/splice.c
@@ -851,12 +851,24 @@ static long do_splice_from(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe, struct file *out,
 	return out->f_op->splice_write(pipe, out, ppos, len, flags);
 }
 
-/*
- * Attempt to initiate a splice from a file to a pipe.
+/**
+ * vfs_splice_read - Read data from a file and splice it into a pipe
+ * @in:		File to splice from
+ * @ppos:	Input file offset
+ * @pipe:	Pipe to splice to
+ * @len:	Number of bytes to splice
+ * @flags:	Splice modifier flags (SPLICE_F_*)
+ *
+ * Splice the requested amount of data from the input file to the pipe.  This
+ * is synchronous as the caller must hold the pipe lock across the entire
+ * operation.
+ *
+ * If successful, it returns the amount of data spliced, 0 if it hit the EOF or
+ * a hole and a negative error code otherwise.
  */
-static long do_splice_to(struct file *in, loff_t *ppos,
-			 struct pipe_inode_info *pipe, size_t len,
-			 unsigned int flags)
+long vfs_splice_read(struct file *in, loff_t *ppos,
+		     struct pipe_inode_info *pipe, size_t len,
+		     unsigned int flags)
 {
 	unsigned int p_space;
 	int ret;
@@ -879,6 +891,7 @@ static long do_splice_to(struct file *in, loff_t *ppos,
 		return warn_unsupported(in, "read");
 	return in->f_op->splice_read(in, ppos, pipe, len, flags);
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(vfs_splice_read);
 
 /**
  * splice_direct_to_actor - splices data directly between two non-pipes
@@ -949,7 +962,7 @@ ssize_t splice_direct_to_actor(struct file *in, struct splice_desc *sd,
 		size_t read_len;
 		loff_t pos = sd->pos, prev_pos = pos;
 
-		ret = do_splice_to(in, &pos, pipe, len, flags);
+		ret = vfs_splice_read(in, &pos, pipe, len, flags);
 		if (unlikely(ret <= 0))
 			goto out_release;
 
@@ -1097,7 +1110,7 @@ long splice_file_to_pipe(struct file *in,
 	pipe_lock(opipe);
 	ret = wait_for_space(opipe, flags);
 	if (!ret)
-		ret = do_splice_to(in, offset, opipe, len, flags);
+		ret = vfs_splice_read(in, offset, opipe, len, flags);
 	pipe_unlock(opipe);
 	if (ret > 0)
 		wakeup_pipe_readers(opipe);
diff --git a/include/linux/splice.h b/include/linux/splice.h
index a55179fd60fc..8f052c3dae95 100644
--- a/include/linux/splice.h
+++ b/include/linux/splice.h
@@ -76,6 +76,9 @@ extern ssize_t splice_to_pipe(struct pipe_inode_info *,
 			      struct splice_pipe_desc *);
 extern ssize_t add_to_pipe(struct pipe_inode_info *,
 			      struct pipe_buffer *);
+long vfs_splice_read(struct file *in, loff_t *ppos,
+		     struct pipe_inode_info *pipe, size_t len,
+		     unsigned int flags);
 extern ssize_t splice_direct_to_actor(struct file *, struct splice_desc *,
 				      splice_direct_actor *);
 extern long do_splice(struct file *in, loff_t *off_in,