[PATCH v15 05/12] fs/read_write: Enable copy_file_range for block device.

Hannes Reinecke hare at suse.de
Thu Sep 7 23:07:41 PDT 2023


On 9/6/23 18:38, Nitesh Shetty wrote:
> From: Anuj Gupta <anuj20.g at samsung.com>
> 
> This is a prep patch. Allow copy_file_range to work for block devices.
> Relaxing generic_copy_file_checks allows us to reuse the existing infra,
> instead of adding a new user interface for block copy offload.
> Change generic_copy_file_checks to use ->f_mapping->host for both inode_in
> and inode_out. Allow block device in generic_file_rw_checks.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Anuj Gupta <anuj20.g at samsung.com>
> Signed-off-by: Nitesh Shetty <nj.shetty at samsung.com>
> ---
>   fs/read_write.c | 8 +++++---
>   1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 

Reviewed-by: Hannes Reinecke <hare at suse.de>

Cheers,

Hannes
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