Re: [PATCH] vfs: use helpers for calling f_op->{read,write}_iter() in read_write.c

[Al Viro]

On Mon, Aug 28, 2023 at 02:30:42PM +0200, Christian Brauner wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 28, 2023 at 05:00:36AM -0700, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> > On Mon, Aug 28, 2023 at 11:50:56PM +0800, Kemeng Shi wrote:
> > > use helpers for calling f_op->{read,write}_iter() in read_write.c
> > > 
> > 
> > Why?  We really should just remove the completely pointless wrappers
> > instead.
> 
> Especially because it means you chase this helper to figure out what's
> actually going on. If there was more to it then it would make sense but
> not just as a pointless wrapper.

It's borderline easier to grep for, but not dramatically so.  call_mmap()
has a stronger argument in favour - there are several methods called
->mmap and telling one from another is hard without looking into context.

For ->{read,write}_iter() I'd prefer to get rid of the wrappers.