linux-kernel - [PATCH v6 01/34] vfs: Unconditionally set IOCB_WRITE in call_write

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Date:   Mon, 16 Jan 2023 23:08:09 +0000
From:   David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
To:     Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
Cc:     Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>, Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>,
        linux-block@...r.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
        dhowells@...hat.com, Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
        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
Subject: [PATCH v6 01/34] vfs: Unconditionally set IOCB_WRITE in
 call_write_iter()

IOCB_WRITE is set by aio, io_uring and cachefiles before submitting a write
operation to the VFS, but it isn't set by, say, the write() system call.

Fix this by setting IOCB_WRITE unconditionally in call_write_iter().

This will allow drivers to use IOCB_WRITE instead of the iterator data
source to determine the I/O direction.

Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
cc: Alexander Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>
cc: linux-block@...r.kernel.org
cc: linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org
---

 include/linux/fs.h |    1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index 066555ad1bf8..649ff061440e 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -2183,6 +2183,7 @@ static inline ssize_t call_read_iter(struct file *file, struct kiocb *kio,
 static inline ssize_t call_write_iter(struct file *file, struct kiocb *kio,
 				      struct iov_iter *iter)
 {
+	kio->ki_flags |= IOCB_WRITE;
 	return file->f_op->write_iter(kio, iter);
 }