linux-kernel - Re: PATCH: sendfile() checks f_op.sendpage() instead of f_op.splice

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Date:	Mon, 19 Oct 2009 10:25:56 +0200
From:	Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@...cle.com>
To:	Changli Gao <xiaosuo@...il.com>
Cc:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: PATCH: sendfile() checks f_op.sendpage() instead of
	f_op.splice_write()  wrongly

On Mon, Oct 19 2009, Changli Gao wrote:
> sendfile(2) checks f_op.sendpage() instead of f_op.splice_write() wrongly.
> 
> sendfile(2) was reworked with the splice infrastructure, but it still
> checks f_op.sendpage() instead of f_op.splice_write() wrongly. Although
> if f_op.sendpage() exists, f_op.splice_write() always exists at the same
> time currently, the assumption will be broken in future silently. This
> patch also brings a side effect: sendfile(2) can work with any output
> file, which supports splice_write() not only mmap(2).

Question is, if the check should just be dropped completely, since we
use fallback default handlers if the fs doesn't have
->splice_read/->splice_write().

-- 
Jens Axboe

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