[PATCH net-next v2 00/10] crypto, splice, net: Make AF_ALG handle sendmsg(MSG_SPLICE_PAGES)

From: David Howells
Date: Tue May 30 2023 - 10:18:34 EST


Here's the fourth tranche of patches towards providing a MSG_SPLICE_PAGES
internal sendmsg flag that is intended to replace the ->sendpage() op with
calls to sendmsg(). MSG_SPLICE_PAGES is a hint that tells the protocol
that it should splice the pages supplied if it can.

This set consists of the following parts:

(1) Move netfs_extract_iter_to_sg() to somewhere more general and rename
it to drop the "netfs" prefix. We use this to extract directly from
an iterator into a scatterlist.

(2) Make AF_ALG use iov_iter_extract_pages(). This has the additional
effect of pinning pages obtained from userspace rather than taking
refs on them. Pages from kernel-backed iterators would not be pinned,
but AF_ALG isn't really meant for use by kernel services.

(3) Change AF_ALG still further to use extract_iter_to_sg().

(4) Make af_alg_sendmsg() support MSG_SPLICE_PAGES support and make
af_alg_sendpage() just a wrapper around sendmsg(). This has to take
refs on the pages pinned for the moment.

(5) Make hash_sendmsg() support MSG_SPLICE_PAGES by simply ignoring it.
hash_sendpage() is left untouched to be removed later, after the
splice core has been changed to call sendmsg().

I've pushed the patches here also:

https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/dhowells/linux-fs.git/log/?h=sendpage-4

David

ver #2)
- Put the "netfs_" prefix removal first to shorten lines and avoid
checkpatch 80-char warnings.
- Fix a couple of spelling mistakes.
- Wrap some lines at 80 chars.

Link: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net-next.git/commit/?id=51c78a4d532efe9543a4df019ff405f05c6157f6 # part 1
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230526143104.882842-1-dhowells@xxxxxxxxxx/ # v1

David Howells (10):
Drop the netfs_ prefix from netfs_extract_iter_to_sg()
Fix a couple of spelling mistakes
Wrap lines at 80
Move netfs_extract_iter_to_sg() to lib/scatterlist.c
crypto: af_alg: Pin pages rather than ref'ing if appropriate
crypto: af_alg: Use extract_iter_to_sg() to create scatterlists
crypto: af_alg: Indent the loop in af_alg_sendmsg()
crypto: af_alg: Support MSG_SPLICE_PAGES
crypto: af_alg: Convert af_alg_sendpage() to use MSG_SPLICE_PAGES
crypto: af_alg/hash: Support MSG_SPLICE_PAGES

crypto/af_alg.c | 185 ++++++++++++---------------
crypto/algif_aead.c | 38 +++---
crypto/algif_hash.c | 114 +++++++++++------
crypto/algif_skcipher.c | 10 +-
fs/cifs/smb2ops.c | 4 +-
fs/cifs/smbdirect.c | 2 +-
fs/netfs/iterator.c | 266 ---------------------------------------
include/crypto/if_alg.h | 7 +-
include/linux/netfs.h | 4 -
include/linux/uio.h | 5 +
lib/scatterlist.c | 269 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
11 files changed, 459 insertions(+), 445 deletions(-)