linux-kernel - [PATCH v21 06/30] splice: Check for zero count in vfs_splice

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Date:   Sat, 20 May 2023 01:00:25 +0100
From:   David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
To:     Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>, Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
        Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
Cc:     David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>,
        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>,
        Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>,
        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,
        Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
Subject: [PATCH v21 06/30] splice: Check for zero count in vfs_splice_read()

Make vfs_splice_read() return immediately if the length is 0.

Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>
cc: Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
cc: linux-block@...r.kernel.org
cc: linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org
cc: linux-mm@...ck.org
---
 fs/splice.c | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/fs/splice.c b/fs/splice.c
index d815a69f6589..fe3309ffeb26 100644
--- a/fs/splice.c
+++ b/fs/splice.c
@@ -891,6 +891,8 @@ long vfs_splice_read(struct file *in, loff_t *ppos,
 
 	if (unlikely(!(in->f_mode & FMODE_READ)))
 		return -EBADF;
+	if (!len)
+		return 0;
 
 	/* Don't try to read more the pipe has space for. */
 	p_space = pipe->max_usage - pipe_occupancy(pipe->head, pipe->tail);