linux-kernel - Re: [PATCHSET 0/2] Get rid of import_single

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Message-ID: <20231205-kaminholz-halstuch-280db992267b@brauner>
Date:   Tue, 5 Dec 2023 11:57:18 +0100
From:   Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>
To:     Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, viro@...iv.linux.org.uk
Subject: Re: [PATCHSET 0/2] Get rid of import_single_range()

On Mon, Dec 04, 2023 at 10:47:48AM -0700, Jens Axboe wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> While looking at this today, I noticed that the 'iov' argument to this
> function is totally dead code. Patch 1 gets rid of it, and with this
> function and import_ubuf() now being identical, converts the callers
> to just use import_ubuf().
> 
> No functional changes here, just a cleanup removing some dead code.

Looks good. I've picked this up into vfs.iov_iter but let me know if
you're already carrying this.

Christian