Re: [PATCH 1/1] [RFC] 64bit copy_file_range system call

[Amir Goldstein <amir73il@gmail.com>]

On Wed, Jun 14, 2017 at 9:53 PM, Olga Kornievskaia <kolga@netapp.com> wrote:
>
> This is a proposal to allow 64bit count to copy and return as
> a result of a copy_file_range. No attempt was made to share code
> with the 32bit function because 32bit interface should probably
> get depreciated.
>
> Why use 64bit? Current uses of 32bit are by clone_file_range()
> which could use 64bit count and NFS copy_file_range also supports
> 64bit count value.
>
> Also with this proposal off-the-bet allow the userland to copy
> between different mount points.
>
> Signed-off-by: Olga Kornievskaia <kolga@netapp.com>
> ---
...
> +
> +       /*
> +        * Try cloning first, this is supported by more file systems, and
> +        * more efficient if both clone and copy are supported (e.g. NFS).
> +        */
> +       if (file_in->f_op->clone_file_range) {
> +               ret = file_in->f_op->clone_file_range(file_in, pos_in,
> +                               file_out, pos_out, len);
> +               if (ret == 0) {
> +                       ret = len;
> +                       goto done;
> +               }
> +       }
> +
> +       if (file_out->f_op->copy_file_range64) {
> +               ret = file_out->f_op->copy_file_range64(file_in, pos_in,
> +                                       file_out, pos_out, len, flags);
> +               if (ret != -EOPNOTSUPP)
> +                       goto done;
> +       }
> +
> +       ret = do_splice_direct(file_in, &pos_in, file_out, &pos_out,
> +                       len > MAX_RW_COUNT ? MAX_RW_COUNT : len, 0);
> +

Olga,

I know this is copied from vfs_copy_file_range() as is, so my comment
applies to the origin function as well, but it is easier to change the new
function without changing userspace behavior, so..

A while back, either Dave Chinner or Christoph suggested that I use
vfs_copy_file_range() from ovl_copy_up_data() instead of calling
vfs_clone_file_range() and falling back to do_splice_direct() loop.
Then Christoph added the clone_file_range attempt into
vfs_copy_file_range(), which was one part of the work.

However, ovl_copy_up_data() uses a killable loop of do_splice_direct()
calls with smaller chunks, so it is not the same as vfs_copy_file_range().

I wonder if it makes sense to use a similar killable loop in the new
function?
I wonder, for reference, if NFS implementation of copy_file_range64()
is killable?

Amir.