linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] splice: allow direct splicing with chardevs

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Date:   Fri, 20 May 2022 08:34:25 -0600
From:   Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>
To:     "Jason A. Donenfeld" <Jason@...c4.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, viro@...iv.linux.org.uk
Cc:     Jens Axboe <axboe@...e.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] splice: allow direct splicing with chardevs

On 5/20/22 3:57 AM, Jason A. Donenfeld wrote:
> The original direct splicing mechanism from Jens required the input to
> be a regular file because it was avoiding the special socket case. It
> also recognized blkdevs as being close enough to a regular file. But it
> forgot about chardevs, which behave the same way and work fine here.
> 
> This commit adds the missing S_ISCHR condition so that chardevs such as
> /dev/urandom can be directly spliced without strangely returning
> -EINVAL.

Should be fine to turn this on for char devices:

Reviewed-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>

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Jens Axboe