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| -rw-r--r-- | fs/read_write.c | 35 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/fs.h | 3 |
2 files changed, 35 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/fs/read_write.c b/fs/read_write.c index c543d965e288..676b02fae589 100644 --- a/fs/read_write.c +++ b/fs/read_write.c @@ -1565,6 +1565,36 @@ COMPAT_SYSCALL_DEFINE4(sendfile64, int, out_fd, int, in_fd, } #endif +/** + * generic_copy_file_range - copy data between two files + * @file_in: file structure to read from + * @pos_in: file offset to read from + * @file_out: file structure to write data to + * @pos_out: file offset to write data to + * @len: amount of data to copy + * @flags: copy flags + * + * This is a generic filesystem helper to copy data from one file to another. + * It has no constraints on the source or destination file owners - the files + * can belong to different superblocks and different filesystem types. Short + * copies are allowed. + * + * This should be called from the @file_out filesystem, as per the + * ->copy_file_range() method. + * + * Returns the number of bytes copied or a negative error indicating the + * failure. + */ + +ssize_t generic_copy_file_range(struct file *file_in, loff_t pos_in, + struct file *file_out, loff_t pos_out, + size_t len, unsigned int flags) +{ + return do_splice_direct(file_in, &pos_in, file_out, &pos_out, + len > MAX_RW_COUNT ? MAX_RW_COUNT : len, 0); +} +EXPORT_SYMBOL(generic_copy_file_range); + /* * copy_file_range() differs from regular file read and write in that it * specifically allows return partial success. When it does so is up to @@ -1632,9 +1662,8 @@ ssize_t vfs_copy_file_range(struct file *file_in, loff_t pos_in, goto done; } - ret = do_splice_direct(file_in, &pos_in, file_out, &pos_out, - len > MAX_RW_COUNT ? MAX_RW_COUNT : len, 0); - + ret = generic_copy_file_range(file_in, pos_in, file_out, pos_out, len, + flags); done: if (ret > 0) { fsnotify_access(file_in); diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h index f7fdfe93e25d..ea17858310ff 100644 --- a/include/linux/fs.h +++ b/include/linux/fs.h @@ -1889,6 +1889,9 @@ extern ssize_t vfs_readv(struct file *, const struct iovec __user *, unsigned long, loff_t *, rwf_t); extern ssize_t vfs_copy_file_range(struct file *, loff_t , struct file *, loff_t, size_t, unsigned int); +extern ssize_t generic_copy_file_range(struct file *file_in, loff_t pos_in, + struct file *file_out, loff_t pos_out, + size_t len, unsigned int flags); extern int generic_remap_file_range_prep(struct file *file_in, loff_t pos_in, struct file *file_out, loff_t pos_out, loff_t *count, |