linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/9 next] fs: Move rw_copy_check_uvector() into lib/iov

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Date:   Mon, 21 Sep 2020 15:10:02 +0100
From:   Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:     David Laight <David.Laight@...lab.com>
Cc:     "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        "io-uring@...r.kernel.org" <io-uring@...r.kernel.org>,
        Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
        linux-fsdevel <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/9 next] fs: Move rw_copy_check_uvector() into
 lib/iov_iter.c and make static.

On Tue, Sep 15, 2020 at 02:55:13PM +0000, David Laight wrote:
> 
> This lets the compiler inline it into import_iovec() generating
> much better code.

The changelog is a bit short, but otherwise this looks good:

Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>

I picked this up as a prep patch for the compat iovec handling.