linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5 3/9] iov_iter: Use IOCB/IOMAP_WRITE if available rather than iterator direction

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Message-ID: <Y8Dsd5ZvkXHxCdxr@infradead.org>
Date:   Thu, 12 Jan 2023 21:30:31 -0800
From:   Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:     Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
Cc:     Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
        David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>,
        Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>,
        Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>, Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>,
        Jeff Layton <jlayton@...nel.org>,
        Logan Gunthorpe <logang@...tatee.com>,
        linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-block@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 3/9] iov_iter: Use IOCB/IOMAP_WRITE if available
 rather than iterator direction

On Thu, Jan 12, 2023 at 05:37:26PM +0000, Al Viro wrote:
> I have no problem with getting rid of iov_iter_rw(), but I would really like to
> keep ->data_source.  If nothing else, any place getting direction wrong is
> a trouble waiting to happen - something that is currently dealing only with
> iovec and bvec might be given e.g. a pipe.

But the calling code knows the direction, in fact it is generally
encoded in the actual operation we do on the iov_iter.  The only
exception is iov_iter_get_pages and friends.  So I'd much rather pass
make the lass operation that does not explicitly encode a direction
explicit rather than carrying this duplicate information.

The direction of the iov_iter has been a major source of confusing,
and getting rid of it removes that confusion.