linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 002/437] fs: add generic read/write iterator helpers

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Message-ID: <20240415195504.GU2118490@ZenIV>
Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2024 20:55:04 +0100
From: Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
To: Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 002/437] fs: add generic read/write iterator helpers

On Thu, Apr 11, 2024 at 09:12:22AM -0600, Jens Axboe wrote:

> +/* generic read side helper for drivers converting to ->read_iter() */
> +ssize_t vfs_read_iter(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *to,
> +		      ssize_t (*read)(struct file *, char __user *,
> +				     size_t, loff_t *))
> +{
> +	return do_loop_readv(iocb->ki_filp, to, &iocb->ki_pos, 0, read);
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL(vfs_read_iter);
> +
> +/* generic write side helper for drivers converting to ->write_iter() */
> +ssize_t vfs_write_iter(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *from,
> +		       ssize_t (*write)(struct file *, const char __user *,
> +				       size_t, loff_t *))
> +{
> +	return do_loop_writev(iocb->ki_filp, from, &iocb->ki_pos, 0, write);
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL(vfs_write_iter);

Wait a minute; just what do you expect to happen if that ever gets called
for ITER_BVEC or ITER_XARRAY?