Re: [PATCH] splice support #2

From: Jens Axboe
Date: Thu Mar 30 2006 - 07:27:45 EST


On Thu, Mar 30 2006, Jens Axboe wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 30 2006, Jens Axboe wrote:
> > On Thu, Mar 30 2006, Andrew Morton wrote:
> > > Jens Axboe <axboe@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > > +static void *page_cache_pipe_buf_map(struct file *file,
> > > > > > + struct pipe_inode_info *info,
> > > > > > + struct pipe_buffer *buf)
> > > > > > +{
> > > > > > + struct page *page = buf->page;
> > > > > > +
> > > > > > + lock_page(page);
> > > > > > +
> > > > > > + if (!PageUptodate(page)) {
> > > > >
> > > > > || page->mapping == NULL
> > > >
> > > > Fixed
> > >
> > > Actually that wasn't right. If the page was truncated then we shouldn't
> > > return -EIO to userspace. We should return zero, as this is the first
> > > page.
> >
> > _if_ this is the first page, then agree.
> >
> > > Which means either returning an ERR_PTR here for -EIO or re-checking i_size
> > > in the caller. Maybe the latter?
> >
> > The latter sounds better, I'll add that.
>
> Actually that's a little hard, since you don't know what state buf->page
> is in - it might be page cache, it might not be. So I opted for the
> ERR_PTR approach, just returning -ENODATA on !page->mapping.

Ala

diff --git a/fs/splice.c b/fs/splice.c
index 7927dff..68b98bb 100644
--- a/fs/splice.c
+++ b/fs/splice.c
@@ -47,9 +47,14 @@ static void *page_cache_pipe_buf_map(str

lock_page(page);

- if (!PageUptodate(page) || !page->mapping) {
+ if (!PageUptodate(page)) {
+ unlock_page(page);
+ return ERR_PTR(-EIO);
+ }
+
+ if (!page->mapping) {
unlock_page(page);
- return NULL;
+ return ERR_PTR(-ENODATA);
}

return kmap(buf->page);
@@ -279,6 +293,7 @@ static int pipe_to_sendpage(struct pipe_
loff_t pos = sd->pos;
unsigned int offset;
ssize_t ret;
+ void *ptr;

/*
* sub-optimal, but we are limited by the pipe ->map. we don't
@@ -286,8 +301,9 @@ static int pipe_to_sendpage(struct pipe_
* have the page pinned if the pipe page originates from the
* page cache
*/
- if (!buf->ops->map(file, info, buf))
- return -EIO;
+ ptr = buf->ops->map(file, info, buf);
+ if (IS_ERR(ptr))
+ return PTR_ERR(ptr);

offset = pos & ~PAGE_CACHE_MASK;

@@ -334,8 +350,8 @@ static int pipe_to_file(struct pipe_inod
* after this, page will be locked and unmapped
*/
src = buf->ops->map(file, info, buf);
- if (!src)
- return -EIO;
+ if (IS_ERR(src))
+ return PTR_ERR(src);

index = sd->pos >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT;
offset = sd->pos & ~PAGE_CACHE_MASK;
@@ -436,7 +452,7 @@ static ssize_t move_from_pipe(struct ino

err = actor(info, buf, &sd);
if (err) {
- if (!ret)
+ if (!ret && err != -ENODATA)
ret = err;

break;

--
Jens Axboe

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