linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] char/mem: only use {read,write}_iter, not the old {read,write} functions

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Date:   Fri, 20 May 2022 08:38:35 -0600
From:   Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>
To:     "Jason A. Donenfeld" <Jason@...c4.com>, gregkh@...uxfoundation.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] char/mem: only use {read,write}_iter, not the old
 {read,write} functions

On 5/20/22 7:50 AM, Jason A. Donenfeld wrote:
> Currently mem.c implements both the {read,write}_iter functions and the
> {read,write} functions. But with {read,write} going away at some point
> in the future, and most kernel code made to prefer {read,write}_iter,
> there's no point in keeping around the old code. Actually, this comment
> in __kernel_read() indicates that having both might be plain wrong:
> 
>         /*
>          * Also fail if ->read_iter and ->read are both wired up as that
>          * implies very convoluted semantics.
>          */
>         if (unlikely(!file->f_op->read_iter || file->f_op->read))
>                 return warn_unsupported(file, "read");

Nice, just another bit of wasted space due to not having clearly
defined iter vs non-iter.

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

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Jens Axboe