[PATCH] xfs_io: support splice data between two files

[PATCH] xfs_io: support splice data between two files

[Zorro Lang]

Add splice command into xfs_io, by calling splice(2) system call.

Signed-off-by: Zorro Lang <zlang@redhat.com>
---

Hi,

As subject, I'd like to add splice into xfs_io, then will try to add it
splice testing into fsstress. Last week we find a XFS regression by
doing splice test on overlayfs over XFS. So I think, although copy_file_range
maybe do splice if there's not clone_range can be used, but we'd better
have a separate splice command/test.

Thanks,
Zorro

 io/Makefile       |   2 +-
 io/init.c         |   1 +
 io/io.h           |   1 +
 io/splice.c       | 194 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 man/man8/xfs_io.8 |  26 +++++++
 5 files changed, 223 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100644 io/splice.c

diff --git a/io/Makefile b/io/Makefile
index 484e2b5a..06d21dd5 100644
--- a/io/Makefile
+++ b/io/Makefile
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ CFILES = init.c \
 	attr.c bmap.c crc32cselftest.c cowextsize.c encrypt.c file.c freeze.c \
 	fsync.c getrusage.c imap.c inject.c label.c link.c mmap.c open.c \
 	parent.c pread.c prealloc.c pwrite.c reflink.c resblks.c scrub.c \
-	seek.c shutdown.c stat.c swapext.c sync.c truncate.c utimes.c
+	seek.c shutdown.c splice.c stat.c swapext.c sync.c truncate.c utimes.c
 
 LLDLIBS = $(LIBXCMD) $(LIBHANDLE) $(LIBFROG) $(LIBPTHREAD)
 LTDEPENDENCIES = $(LIBXCMD) $(LIBHANDLE) $(LIBFROG)
diff --git a/io/init.c b/io/init.c
index 83f08f2d..fc191aa7 100644
--- a/io/init.c
+++ b/io/init.c
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ init_commands(void)
 	seek_init();
 	sendfile_init();
 	shutdown_init();
+	splice_init();
 	stat_init();
 	swapext_init();
 	sync_init();
diff --git a/io/io.h b/io/io.h
index 6469179e..9a0b71f0 100644
--- a/io/io.h
+++ b/io/io.h
@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@ extern void		quit_init(void);
 extern void		resblks_init(void);
 extern void		seek_init(void);
 extern void		shutdown_init(void);
+extern void		splice_init(void);
 extern void		stat_init(void);
 extern void		swapext_init(void);
 extern void		sync_init(void);
diff --git a/io/splice.c b/io/splice.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..cd76b710
--- /dev/null
+++ b/io/splice.c
@@ -0,0 +1,194 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2018 Red Hat, Inc.
+ * All Rights Reserved.
+ */
+
+#include "command.h"
+#include "input.h"
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include "init.h"
+#include "io.h"
+
+static cmdinfo_t splice_cmd;
+
+static void
+splice_help(void)
+{
+	printf(_(
+"\n"
+" Splice a range of bytes from the given offset between files through pipe\n"
+"\n"
+" Example:\n"
+" 'splice filename 0 4096 32768' - splice 32768 bytes from filename at offset\n"
+"                                  0 into the open file at position 4096\n"
+" 'splice filename' - splice all bytes from filename into the open file at\n"
+" '                   position 0\n"
+"\n"
+" Copies data between one file and another.  Because this copying is done\n"
+" within the kernel, sendfile does not need to transfer data to and from user\n"
+" space.\n"
+" -m -- SPLICE_F_MOVE flag, attempt to move pages instead of copying.\n"
+" Offset and length in the source/destination file can be optionally specified.\n"
+"\n"));
+}
+
+static uint64_t
+splice_file(
+	int		fd,
+	off64_t		soffset,
+	off64_t		doffset,
+	size_t		length,
+	unsigned int	flag,
+	int		*ops)
+{
+	off64_t		soff = soffset;
+	off64_t		doff = doffset;
+	ssize_t		rc = 0;
+	size_t		len = length;
+	uint64_t	total = 0;
+	int		filedes[2];
+
+	if (pipe(filedes) < 0) {
+		perror("pipe");
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	*ops = 0;
+	while (len > 0 || !*ops) {
+		/* move to pipe buffer */
+		rc = splice(fd, &soff, filedes[1], NULL, len, flag);
+		if (rc < 0) {
+			perror("splice to pipe");
+			goto out_close;
+		}
+		/* move from pipe buffer to dst file */
+		rc = splice(filedes[0], NULL, file->fd, &doff, len, flag);
+		if (rc < 0) {
+			perror("splice from pipe");
+			goto out_close;
+		}
+		(*ops)++;
+		len -= rc;
+		total += rc;
+	}
+
+out_close:
+	close(filedes[0]);
+	close(filedes[1]);
+	return total;
+}
+
+static int
+splice_f(
+	int		argc,
+	char		**argv)
+{
+	off64_t		soffset, doffset;
+	long long	count, total;
+	size_t		blocksize, sectsize;
+	struct timeval	t1, t2;
+	char		*infile = NULL;
+	int		Cflag, qflag;
+	int		splice_flag = 0;
+	int		c, fd = -1;
+	int		ops = 0;
+
+	Cflag = qflag = 0;
+	soffset = doffset=0;
+	init_cvtnum(&blocksize, &sectsize);
+
+	while ((c = getopt(argc, argv, "Cqm")) != EOF) {
+		switch (c) {
+		case 'C':
+			Cflag = 1;
+			break;
+		case 'q':
+			qflag = 1;
+			break;
+		case 'm':
+			splice_flag |= SPLICE_F_MOVE;
+			break;
+		default:
+			return command_usage(&splice_cmd);
+		}
+	}
+
+	if (optind != argc - 4 && optind != argc - 1)
+		return command_usage(&splice_cmd);
+
+	infile = argv[optind];
+	if ((fd = openfile(infile, NULL, IO_READONLY, 0, NULL)) < 0)
+		return 0;
+	optind++;
+
+	if (optind == argc - 3) {
+		soffset = cvtnum(blocksize, sectsize, argv[optind]);
+		if (soffset < 0) {
+			printf(_("non-numeric src offset argument -- %s\n"), \
+			       argv[optind]);
+			return 0;
+		}
+		optind++;
+		doffset = cvtnum(blocksize, sectsize, argv[optind]);
+		if (doffset < 0) {
+			printf(_("non-numeric dest offset argument -- %s\n"), \
+			       argv[optind]);
+			return 0;
+		}
+		optind++;
+		count = cvtnum(blocksize, sectsize, argv[optind]);
+		if (count < 0) {
+			printf(_("non-positive length argument -- %s\n"), \
+			       argv[optind]);
+			return 0;
+		}
+	} else {
+		/*
+		 * splice whole file to another, if doesn't specify src and dst
+		 * offset and length
+		 */
+		struct stat	stat;
+
+		if (fstat(fd, &stat) < 0) {
+			perror("fstat");
+			goto done;
+		}
+		count = stat.st_size;
+		soffset = 0;
+		doffset = 0;
+	}
+
+	gettimeofday(&t1, NULL);
+	total = splice_file(fd, soffset, doffset, count, splice_flag, &ops);
+	if (ops == 0 || qflag)
+		goto done;
+	gettimeofday(&t2, NULL);
+	t2 = tsub(t2, t1);
+
+	report_io_times("spliced", &t2, (long long)doffset, count, total, ops, \
+	                Cflag);
+
+done:
+	if (infile)
+		close(fd);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+void
+splice_init(void)
+{
+	splice_cmd.name = "splice";
+	splice_cmd.altname = "spl";
+	splice_cmd.cfunc = splice_f;
+	splice_cmd.argmin = 1;
+	splice_cmd.argmax = -1;
+	splice_cmd.flags = CMD_NOMAP_OK | CMD_FOREIGN_OK | CMD_FLAG_ONESHOT;;
+	splice_cmd.args =
+		_("[-m] infile [src_off dst_off len]");
+	splice_cmd.oneline =
+		_("Splice an entire file, or a number of bytes at a specified offset");
+	splice_cmd.help = splice_help;
+
+	add_command(&splice_cmd);
+}
diff --git a/man/man8/xfs_io.8 b/man/man8/xfs_io.8
index f1099c32..8fb2c0b9 100644
--- a/man/man8/xfs_io.8
+++ b/man/man8/xfs_io.8
@@ -782,6 +782,32 @@ bytes of data.
 .RE
 .PD
 .TP
+.BI "splice  [ \-C ] [ \-q ] [\-m] infile [src_offset dst_offset length]"
+On filesystems that support the
+.BR splice (2)
+system call, splice data from the
+.I infile
+into the open file. If
+.IR src_offset ,
+.IR dst_offset ,
+and
+.I length
+are omitted the contents of infile will be copied to the beginning of the
+open file, overwriting any data already there.
+.RS 1.0i
+.PD 0
+.TP 0.4i
+.B \-C
+Print timing statistics in a condensed format.
+.TP
+.B \-q
+Do not print timing statistics at all.
+.TP
+.B \-m
+Enable SPLICE_F_MOVE flag, attempt to move pages instead of copying.
+.RE
+.PD
+.TP
 .BI utimes " atime_sec atime_nsec mtime_sec mtime_nsec"
 The utimes command changes the atime and mtime of the current file.
 sec uses UNIX timestamp notation and is the seconds elapsed since
-- 
2.17.2

[PATCH] xfs_io: support splice data between two files

[Zorro Lang]

Add splice command into xfs_io, by calling splice(2) system call.

Signed-off-by: Zorro Lang <zlang@redhat.com>
---

Hi,

I've add splice() test into fsstress.c, due to we find a XFS regression
by doing some splice test on overlayfs over XFS. Although copy_file_range
maybe through splice() code path, but it depends. So a specified splice
operation is helpful to use splice clearly.

Thanks,
Zorro

 io/Makefile       |   2 +-
 io/init.c         |   1 +
 io/io.h           |   1 +
 io/splice.c       | 194 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 man/man8/xfs_io.8 |  26 +++++++
 5 files changed, 223 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100644 io/splice.c

diff --git a/io/Makefile b/io/Makefile
index 484e2b5a..06d21dd5 100644
--- a/io/Makefile
+++ b/io/Makefile
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ CFILES = init.c \
 	attr.c bmap.c crc32cselftest.c cowextsize.c encrypt.c file.c freeze.c \
 	fsync.c getrusage.c imap.c inject.c label.c link.c mmap.c open.c \
 	parent.c pread.c prealloc.c pwrite.c reflink.c resblks.c scrub.c \
-	seek.c shutdown.c stat.c swapext.c sync.c truncate.c utimes.c
+	seek.c shutdown.c splice.c stat.c swapext.c sync.c truncate.c utimes.c
 
 LLDLIBS = $(LIBXCMD) $(LIBHANDLE) $(LIBFROG) $(LIBPTHREAD)
 LTDEPENDENCIES = $(LIBXCMD) $(LIBHANDLE) $(LIBFROG)
diff --git a/io/init.c b/io/init.c
index 83f08f2d..fc191aa7 100644
--- a/io/init.c
+++ b/io/init.c
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ init_commands(void)
 	seek_init();
 	sendfile_init();
 	shutdown_init();
+	splice_init();
 	stat_init();
 	swapext_init();
 	sync_init();
diff --git a/io/io.h b/io/io.h
index 6469179e..9a0b71f0 100644
--- a/io/io.h
+++ b/io/io.h
@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@ extern void		quit_init(void);
 extern void		resblks_init(void);
 extern void		seek_init(void);
 extern void		shutdown_init(void);
+extern void		splice_init(void);
 extern void		stat_init(void);
 extern void		swapext_init(void);
 extern void		sync_init(void);
diff --git a/io/splice.c b/io/splice.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7e2f1aa2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/io/splice.c
@@ -0,0 +1,194 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2019 Red Hat, Inc.
+ * All Rights Reserved.
+ */
+
+#include "command.h"
+#include "input.h"
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include "init.h"
+#include "io.h"
+
+static cmdinfo_t splice_cmd;
+
+static void
+splice_help(void)
+{
+	printf(_(
+"\n"
+" Splice a range of bytes from the given offset between files through pipe\n"
+"\n"
+" Example:\n"
+" 'splice filename 0 4096 32768' - splice 32768 bytes from filename at offset\n"
+"                                  0 into the open file at position 4096\n"
+" 'splice filename' - splice all bytes from filename into the open file at\n"
+" '                   position 0\n"
+"\n"
+" Copies data between one file and another.  Because this copying is done\n"
+" within the kernel, sendfile does not need to transfer data to and from user\n"
+" space.\n"
+" -m -- SPLICE_F_MOVE flag, attempt to move pages instead of copying.\n"
+" Offset and length in the source/destination file can be optionally specified.\n"
+"\n"));
+}
+
+static uint64_t
+splice_file(
+	int		fd,
+	off64_t		soffset,
+	off64_t		doffset,
+	size_t		length,
+	unsigned int	flag,
+	int		*ops)
+{
+	off64_t		soff = soffset;
+	off64_t		doff = doffset;
+	ssize_t		rc = 0;
+	size_t		len = length;
+	uint64_t	total = 0;
+	int		filedes[2];
+
+	if (pipe(filedes) < 0) {
+		perror("pipe");
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	*ops = 0;
+	while (len > 0 || !*ops) {
+		/* move to pipe buffer */
+		rc = splice(fd, &soff, filedes[1], NULL, len, flag);
+		if (rc < 0) {
+			perror("splice to pipe");
+			goto out_close;
+		}
+		/* move from pipe buffer to dst file */
+		rc = splice(filedes[0], NULL, file->fd, &doff, len, flag);
+		if (rc < 0) {
+			perror("splice from pipe");
+			goto out_close;
+		}
+		(*ops)++;
+		len -= rc;
+		total += rc;
+	}
+
+out_close:
+	close(filedes[0]);
+	close(filedes[1]);
+	return total;
+}
+
+static int
+splice_f(
+	int		argc,
+	char		**argv)
+{
+	off64_t		soffset, doffset;
+	long long	count, total;
+	size_t		blocksize, sectsize;
+	struct timeval	t1, t2;
+	char		*infile = NULL;
+	int		Cflag, qflag;
+	int		splice_flag = 0;
+	int		c, fd = -1;
+	int		ops = 0;
+
+	Cflag = qflag = 0;
+	soffset = doffset=0;
+	init_cvtnum(&blocksize, &sectsize);
+
+	while ((c = getopt(argc, argv, "Cqm")) != EOF) {
+		switch (c) {
+		case 'C':
+			Cflag = 1;
+			break;
+		case 'q':
+			qflag = 1;
+			break;
+		case 'm':
+			splice_flag |= SPLICE_F_MOVE;
+			break;
+		default:
+			return command_usage(&splice_cmd);
+		}
+	}
+
+	if (optind != argc - 4 && optind != argc - 1)
+		return command_usage(&splice_cmd);
+
+	infile = argv[optind];
+	if ((fd = openfile(infile, NULL, IO_READONLY, 0, NULL)) < 0)
+		return 0;
+	optind++;
+
+	if (optind == argc - 3) {
+		soffset = cvtnum(blocksize, sectsize, argv[optind]);
+		if (soffset < 0) {
+			printf(_("non-numeric src offset argument -- %s\n"), \
+			       argv[optind]);
+			return 0;
+		}
+		optind++;
+		doffset = cvtnum(blocksize, sectsize, argv[optind]);
+		if (doffset < 0) {
+			printf(_("non-numeric dest offset argument -- %s\n"), \
+			       argv[optind]);
+			return 0;
+		}
+		optind++;
+		count = cvtnum(blocksize, sectsize, argv[optind]);
+		if (count < 0) {
+			printf(_("non-positive length argument -- %s\n"), \
+			       argv[optind]);
+			return 0;
+		}
+	} else {
+		/*
+		 * splice whole file to another, if doesn't specify src and dst
+		 * offset and length
+		 */
+		struct stat	stat;
+
+		if (fstat(fd, &stat) < 0) {
+			perror("fstat");
+			goto done;
+		}
+		count = stat.st_size;
+		soffset = 0;
+		doffset = 0;
+	}
+
+	gettimeofday(&t1, NULL);
+	total = splice_file(fd, soffset, doffset, count, splice_flag, &ops);
+	if (ops == 0 || qflag)
+		goto done;
+	gettimeofday(&t2, NULL);
+	t2 = tsub(t2, t1);
+
+	report_io_times("spliced", &t2, (long long)doffset, count, total, ops, \
+	                Cflag);
+
+done:
+	if (infile)
+		close(fd);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+void
+splice_init(void)
+{
+	splice_cmd.name = "splice";
+	splice_cmd.altname = "spl";
+	splice_cmd.cfunc = splice_f;
+	splice_cmd.argmin = 1;
+	splice_cmd.argmax = -1;
+	splice_cmd.flags = CMD_NOMAP_OK | CMD_FOREIGN_OK | CMD_FLAG_ONESHOT;;
+	splice_cmd.args =
+		_("[-m] infile [src_off dst_off len]");
+	splice_cmd.oneline =
+		_("Splice an entire file, or a number of bytes at a specified offset");
+	splice_cmd.help = splice_help;
+
+	add_command(&splice_cmd);
+}
diff --git a/man/man8/xfs_io.8 b/man/man8/xfs_io.8
index 980dcfd3..066a72e7 100644
--- a/man/man8/xfs_io.8
+++ b/man/man8/xfs_io.8
@@ -830,6 +830,32 @@ verbose output will be printed.
 .RE
 .PD
 .TP
+.BI "splice  [ \-C ] [ \-q ] [\-m] infile [src_offset dst_offset length]"
+On filesystems that support the
+.BR splice (2)
+system call, splice data from the
+.I infile
+into the open file. If
+.IR src_offset ,
+.IR dst_offset ,
+and
+.I length
+are omitted the contents of infile will be copied to the beginning of the
+open file, overwriting any data already there.
+.RS 1.0i
+.PD 0
+.TP 0.4i
+.B \-C
+Print timing statistics in a condensed format.
+.TP
+.B \-q
+Do not print timing statistics at all.
+.TP
+.B \-m
+Enable SPLICE_F_MOVE flag, attempt to move pages instead of copying.
+.RE
+.PD
+.TP
 .BI utimes " atime_sec atime_nsec mtime_sec mtime_nsec"
 The utimes command changes the atime and mtime of the current file.
 sec uses UNIX timestamp notation and is the seconds elapsed since
-- 
2.17.2

Re: [PATCH] xfs_io: support splice data between two files

[Eric Sandeen]

On 4/5/19 9:35 PM, Zorro Lang wrote:
> Add splice command into xfs_io, by calling splice(2) system call.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Zorro Lang <zlang@redhat.com>
> ---
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I've add splice() test into fsstress.c, due to we find a XFS regression
> by doing some splice test on overlayfs over XFS. Although copy_file_range
> maybe through splice() code path, but it depends. So a specified splice
> operation is helpful to use splice clearly.

Hi Zorro, I'm sorry this has gone so long w/o review.  Questions below.

> Thanks,
> Zorro
> 
>  io/Makefile       |   2 +-
>  io/init.c         |   1 +
>  io/io.h           |   1 +
>  io/splice.c       | 194 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  man/man8/xfs_io.8 |  26 +++++++
>  5 files changed, 223 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>  create mode 100644 io/splice.c
> 
> diff --git a/io/Makefile b/io/Makefile
> index 484e2b5a..06d21dd5 100644
> --- a/io/Makefile
> +++ b/io/Makefile
> @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ CFILES = init.c \
>  	attr.c bmap.c crc32cselftest.c cowextsize.c encrypt.c file.c freeze.c \
>  	fsync.c getrusage.c imap.c inject.c label.c link.c mmap.c open.c \
>  	parent.c pread.c prealloc.c pwrite.c reflink.c resblks.c scrub.c \
> -	seek.c shutdown.c stat.c swapext.c sync.c truncate.c utimes.c
> +	seek.c shutdown.c splice.c stat.c swapext.c sync.c truncate.c utimes.c
>  
>  LLDLIBS = $(LIBXCMD) $(LIBHANDLE) $(LIBFROG) $(LIBPTHREAD)
>  LTDEPENDENCIES = $(LIBXCMD) $(LIBHANDLE) $(LIBFROG)
> diff --git a/io/init.c b/io/init.c
> index 83f08f2d..fc191aa7 100644
> --- a/io/init.c
> +++ b/io/init.c
> @@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ init_commands(void)
>  	seek_init();
>  	sendfile_init();
>  	shutdown_init();
> +	splice_init();
>  	stat_init();
>  	swapext_init();
>  	sync_init();
> diff --git a/io/io.h b/io/io.h
> index 6469179e..9a0b71f0 100644
> --- a/io/io.h
> +++ b/io/io.h
> @@ -110,6 +110,7 @@ extern void		quit_init(void);
>  extern void		resblks_init(void);
>  extern void		seek_init(void);
>  extern void		shutdown_init(void);
> +extern void		splice_init(void);
>  extern void		stat_init(void);
>  extern void		swapext_init(void);
>  extern void		sync_init(void);
> diff --git a/io/splice.c b/io/splice.c
> new file mode 100644
> index 00000000..7e2f1aa2
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/io/splice.c
> @@ -0,0 +1,194 @@
> +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
> +/*
> + * Copyright (c) 2019 Red Hat, Inc.
> + * All Rights Reserved.
> + */
> +
> +#include "command.h"
> +#include "input.h"
> +#include <fcntl.h>
> +#include "init.h"
> +#include "io.h"
> +
> +static cmdinfo_t splice_cmd;
> +
> +static void
> +splice_help(void)
> +{
> +	printf(_(
> +"\n"
> +" Splice a range of bytes from the given offset between files through pipe\n"
> +"\n"
> +" Example:\n"
> +" 'splice filename 0 4096 32768' - splice 32768 bytes from filename at offset\n"
> +"                                  0 into the open file at position 4096\n"
> +" 'splice filename' - splice all bytes from filename into the open file at\n"
> +" '                   position 0\n"
> +"\n"
> +" Copies data between one file and another.  Because this copying is done\n"
> +" within the kernel, sendfile does not need to transfer data to and from user\n"
> +" space.\n"
> +" -m -- SPLICE_F_MOVE flag, attempt to move pages instead of copying.\n"
> +" Offset and length in the source/destination file can be optionally specified.\n"
> +"\n"));
> +}
> +
> +static uint64_t
> +splice_file(
> +	int		fd,
> +	off64_t		soffset,
> +	off64_t		doffset,
> +	size_t		length,
> +	unsigned int	flag,
> +	int		*ops)
> +{
> +	off64_t		soff = soffset;
> +	off64_t		doff = doffset;
> +	ssize_t		rc = 0;
> +	size_t		len = length;
> +	uint64_t	total = 0;
> +	int		filedes[2];
> +
> +	if (pipe(filedes) < 0) {
> +		perror("pipe");
> +		return -1;
> +	}
> +
> +	*ops = 0;
> +	while (len > 0 || !*ops) {
> +		/* move to pipe buffer */
> +		rc = splice(fd, &soff, filedes[1], NULL, len, flag);
> +		if (rc < 0) {
> +			perror("splice to pipe");
> +			goto out_close;
> +		}
> +		/* move from pipe buffer to dst file */
> +		rc = splice(filedes[0], NULL, file->fd, &doff, len, flag);
> +		if (rc < 0) {
> +			perror("splice from pipe");
> +			goto out_close;
> +		}
> +		(*ops)++;
> +		len -= rc;
> +		total += rc;
> +	}
> +
> +out_close:
> +	close(filedes[0]);
> +	close(filedes[1]);
> +	return total;
> +}
> +
> +static int
> +splice_f(
> +	int		argc,
> +	char		**argv)
> +{
> +	off64_t		soffset, doffset;
> +	long long	count, total;
> +	size_t		blocksize, sectsize;
> +	struct timeval	t1, t2;
> +	char		*infile = NULL;
> +	int		Cflag, qflag;
> +	int		splice_flag = 0;
> +	int		c, fd = -1;
> +	int		ops = 0;
> +
> +	Cflag = qflag = 0;
> +	soffset = doffset=0;
> +	init_cvtnum(&blocksize, &sectsize);
> +
> +	while ((c = getopt(argc, argv, "Cqm")) != EOF) {
> +		switch (c) {
> +		case 'C':
> +			Cflag = 1;
> +			break;
> +		case 'q':
> +			qflag = 1;
> +			break;

-C and -q are not documented in the usage() output, but maybe that's
ok.  Looks like other callers of report_io_times skip that as well, so
maybe it's expected.

> +		case 'm':
> +			splice_flag |= SPLICE_F_MOVE;
> +			break;
> +		default:
> +			return command_usage(&splice_cmd);
> +		}
> +	}
> +
> +	if (optind != argc - 4 && optind != argc - 1)
> +		return command_usage(&splice_cmd);
> +
> +	infile = argv[optind];
> +	if ((fd = openfile(infile, NULL, IO_READONLY, 0, NULL)) < 0)
> +		return 0;
> +	optind++;
> +
> +	if (optind == argc - 3) {
> +		soffset = cvtnum(blocksize, sectsize, argv[optind]);
> +		if (soffset < 0) {
> +			printf(_("non-numeric src offset argument -- %s\n"), \
> +			       argv[optind]);
> +			return 0;
> +		}
> +		optind++;
> +		doffset = cvtnum(blocksize, sectsize, argv[optind]);
> +		if (doffset < 0) {
> +			printf(_("non-numeric dest offset argument -- %s\n"), \
> +			       argv[optind]);
> +			return 0;
> +		}
> +		optind++;
> +		count = cvtnum(blocksize, sectsize, argv[optind]);
> +		if (count < 0) {
> +			printf(_("non-positive length argument -- %s\n"), \
> +			       argv[optind]);
> +			return 0;

For the cvtnum errors, I think I would just say "invalid argument" -
and I'm not sure you can even specify a negative argument this way,
can you?  So the "non-positive" error message seems strange.

xfs_io> splice bar 0 0 -4
splice: invalid option -- '4'

also, I notice if "count" is greater than the size of one of (?) the files,
the command seems to hang.

Otherwise, this seems ok, thanks!
-Eric

> +		}
> +	} else {
> +		/*
> +		 * splice whole file to another, if doesn't specify src and dst
> +		 * offset and length
> +		 */
> +		struct stat	stat;
> +
> +		if (fstat(fd, &stat) < 0) {
> +			perror("fstat");
> +			goto done;
> +		}
> +		count = stat.st_size;
> +		soffset = 0;
> +		doffset = 0;
> +	}
> +
> +	gettimeofday(&t1, NULL);
> +	total = splice_file(fd, soffset, doffset, count, splice_flag, &ops);
> +	if (ops == 0 || qflag)
> +		goto done;
> +	gettimeofday(&t2, NULL);
> +	t2 = tsub(t2, t1);
> +
> +	report_io_times("spliced", &t2, (long long)doffset, count, total, ops, \
> +	                Cflag);
> +
> +done:
> +	if (infile)
> +		close(fd);
> +	return 0;
> +}
> +
> +void
> +splice_init(void)
> +{
> +	splice_cmd.name = "splice";
> +	splice_cmd.altname = "spl";
> +	splice_cmd.cfunc = splice_f;
> +	splice_cmd.argmin = 1;
> +	splice_cmd.argmax = -1;
> +	splice_cmd.flags = CMD_NOMAP_OK | CMD_FOREIGN_OK | CMD_FLAG_ONESHOT;;
> +	splice_cmd.args =
> +		_("[-m] infile [src_off dst_off len]");
> +	splice_cmd.oneline =
> +		_("Splice an entire file, or a number of bytes at a specified offset");
> +	splice_cmd.help = splice_help;
> +
> +	add_command(&splice_cmd);
> +}
> diff --git a/man/man8/xfs_io.8 b/man/man8/xfs_io.8
> index 980dcfd3..066a72e7 100644
> --- a/man/man8/xfs_io.8
> +++ b/man/man8/xfs_io.8
> @@ -830,6 +830,32 @@ verbose output will be printed.
>  .RE
>  .PD
>  .TP
> +.BI "splice  [ \-C ] [ \-q ] [\-m] infile [src_offset dst_offset length]"
> +On filesystems that support the
> +.BR splice (2)
> +system call, splice data from the
> +.I infile
> +into the open file. If
> +.IR src_offset ,
> +.IR dst_offset ,
> +and
> +.I length
> +are omitted the contents of infile will be copied to the beginning of the
> +open file, overwriting any data already there.
> +.RS 1.0i
> +.PD 0
> +.TP 0.4i
> +.B \-C
> +Print timing statistics in a condensed format.
> +.TP
> +.B \-q
> +Do not print timing statistics at all.
> +.TP
> +.B \-m
> +Enable SPLICE_F_MOVE flag, attempt to move pages instead of copying.
> +.RE
> +.PD
> +.TP
>  .BI utimes " atime_sec atime_nsec mtime_sec mtime_nsec"
>  The utimes command changes the atime and mtime of the current file.
>  sec uses UNIX timestamp notation and is the seconds elapsed since
>