Re: [PATCH v19 02/15] splice: Make do_splice_to() generic and export it

From: David Hildenbrand
Date: Wed Mar 15 2023 - 15:00:02 EST


On 15.03.23 17:35, David Howells wrote:
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>
Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx>
cc: Miklos Szeredi <miklos@xxxxxxxxxx>
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]
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Reviewed-by: David Hildenbrand <david@xxxxxxxxxx>

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Thanks,

David / dhildenb