Re: [PATCH v3 1/7] splice: don't generate zero-len segement bvecs

[Ming Lei <ming.lei@redhat.com>]

On Sat, Jan 09, 2021 at 04:02:57PM +0000, Pavel Begunkov wrote:
> iter_file_splice_write() may spawn bvec segments with zero-length. In
> preparation for prohibiting them, filter out by hand at splice level.
> 
> Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
> Signed-off-by: Pavel Begunkov <asml.silence@gmail.com>
> ---
>  fs/splice.c | 9 ++++++---
>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/fs/splice.c b/fs/splice.c
> index 866d5c2367b2..474fb8b5562a 100644
> --- a/fs/splice.c
> +++ b/fs/splice.c
> @@ -662,12 +662,14 @@ iter_file_splice_write(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe, struct file *out,
>  
>  		/* build the vector */
>  		left = sd.total_len;
> -		for (n = 0; !pipe_empty(head, tail) && left && n < nbufs; tail++, n++) {
> +		for (n = 0; !pipe_empty(head, tail) && left && n < nbufs; tail++) {
>  			struct pipe_buffer *buf = &pipe->bufs[tail & mask];
>  			size_t this_len = buf->len;
>  
> -			if (this_len > left)
> -				this_len = left;
> +			/* zero-length bvecs are not supported, skip them */
> +			if (!this_len)
> +				continue;
> +			this_len = min(this_len, left);
>  
>  			ret = pipe_buf_confirm(pipe, buf);
>  			if (unlikely(ret)) {
> @@ -680,6 +682,7 @@ iter_file_splice_write(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe, struct file *out,
>  			array[n].bv_len = this_len;
>  			array[n].bv_offset = buf->offset;
>  			left -= this_len;
> +			n++;
>  		}
>  
>  		iov_iter_bvec(&from, WRITE, array, n, sd.total_len - left);
> -- 
> 2.24.0
> 

Reviewed-by: Ming Lei <ming.lei@redhat.com>

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Ming