Re: [PATCH v15 05/12] fs/read_write: Enable copy_file_range for block device.

Hannes Reinecke
2023-09-08T06:07:48Z

On 9/6/23 18:38, Nitesh Shetty wrote:
> From: Anuj Gupta <anuj20.g@samsung.com>
>
> This is a prep patch. Allow copy_file_range to work for block devices.
> Relaxing generic_copy_file_checks allows us to reuse the existing infra,
> instead of adding a new user interface for block copy offload.
> Change generic_copy_file_checks to use ->f_mapping->host for both inode_in
> and inode_out. Allow block device in generic_file_rw_checks.
>
> Signed-off-by: Anuj Gupta <anuj20.g@samsung.com>
> Signed-off-by: Nitesh Shetty <nj.shetty@samsung.com>
> ---
> fs/read_write.c | 8 +++++---
> 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>

Reviewed-by: Hannes Reinecke <hare@suse.de>

Cheers,

Hannes
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