linux-kernel - Re: linux-next: Tree for Apr 13

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Date:   Mon, 17 Apr 2023 15:06:47 +0100
From:   David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
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Cc:     dhowells@...hat.com, Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>,
        Ayush Jain <ayush.jain3@....com>, broonie@...nel.org,
        Linux Next Mailing List <linux-next@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Santosh.Shukla@....com, Kalpana.Shetty@....com,
        Narasimhan V <Narasimhan.V@....com>, sfr@...b.auug.org.au
Subject: Re: linux-next: Tree for Apr 13

David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com> wrote:

> The problem might be summed up by the following snippet:
> 
> 	openat(AT_FDCWD, "/dev/loop0", O_RDONLY) = 3
> 	newfstatat(3, "", {st_mode=S_IFBLK|0660, st_rdev=makedev(0x7, 0), ...}, AT_EMPTY_PATH) = 0
> 	splice(3, NULL, 1, NULL, 1048576, 0)    = 0

Ah.  In filemap_splice_read():

	do {
		cond_resched();

		if (*ppos >= i_size_read(file_inode(in)))
			break;

but i_size_read(file_inode(in)) for a blockdev returns 0, it would seem.  What
should I use instead?

David