linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v17 07/14] splice: Do splice read from a file without using ITER

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Message-ID: <ZBCvqQyOgEa626ON@infradead.org>
Date:   Tue, 14 Mar 2023 10:32:25 -0700
From:   Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:     David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
Cc:     Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>, Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
        Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
        Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>, Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>,
        Jeff Layton <jlayton@...nel.org>,
        David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>,
        Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...dia.com>,
        Logan Gunthorpe <logang@...tatee.com>,
        Hillf Danton <hdanton@...a.com>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-block@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        Steve French <smfrench@...il.com>,
        Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>,
        John Hubbard <jhubbard@...dia.com>, linux-cifs@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v17 07/14] splice: Do splice read from a file without
 using ITER_PIPE

On Wed, Mar 08, 2023 at 04:52:44PM +0000, David Howells wrote:
> Make generic_file_splice_read() use filemap_splice_read() and
> direct_splice_read() rather than using an ITER_PIPE and call_read_iter().
> 
> Make cifs use generic_file_splice_read() rather than doing it for itself.

Please split the cifs patch out into a separate one.

Otherwise this looks good:

Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>