linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH AUTOSEL 5.9 53/55] seq_file: add seq_read

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Message-ID: <X6ozk98QAeZZ41Fm@kroah.com>
Date:   Tue, 10 Nov 2020 07:30:43 +0100
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org,
        Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH AUTOSEL 5.9 53/55] seq_file: add seq_read_iter

On Mon, Nov 09, 2020 at 10:53:16PM -0500, Sasha Levin wrote:
> From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
> 
> [ Upstream commit d4d50710a8b46082224376ef119a4dbb75b25c56 ]
> 
> iov_iter based variant for reading a seq_file.  seq_read is
> reimplemented on top of the iter variant.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
> Tested-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>
> ---
>  fs/seq_file.c            | 45 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------
>  include/linux/seq_file.h |  1 +
>  2 files changed, 33 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

This is not needed for anything older than 5.10, please drop.

thanks,

greg k-h