[PATCH] Introduce generic_file_splice_write_nolock()

This allows file systems to manage their own i_mutex locking while
still re-using the generic_file_splice_write() logic.

OCFS2 in particular wants this so that it can order cluster locks within
i_mutex.

Signed-off-by: Mark Fasheh <mark.fasheh@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
This commit is contained in:
Mark Fasheh 2006-10-17 18:43:07 +02:00 committed by Jens Axboe
parent 62752ee198
commit 6da6180982
2 changed files with 68 additions and 14 deletions

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@ -707,13 +707,12 @@ out_ret:
* key here is the 'actor' worker passed in that actually moves the data
* to the wanted destination. See pipe_to_file/pipe_to_sendpage above.
*/
ssize_t splice_from_pipe(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe, struct file *out,
loff_t *ppos, size_t len, unsigned int flags,
splice_actor *actor)
static ssize_t __splice_from_pipe(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe,
struct file *out, loff_t *ppos, size_t len,
unsigned int flags, splice_actor *actor)
{
int ret, do_wakeup, err;
struct splice_desc sd;
struct inode *inode = out->f_mapping->host;
ret = 0;
do_wakeup = 0;
@ -723,14 +722,6 @@ ssize_t splice_from_pipe(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe, struct file *out,
sd.file = out;
sd.pos = *ppos;
/*
* The actor worker might be calling ->prepare_write and
* ->commit_write. Most of the time, these expect i_mutex to
* be held. Since this may result in an ABBA deadlock with
* pipe->inode, we have to order lock acquiry here.
*/
inode_double_lock(inode, pipe->inode);
for (;;) {
if (pipe->nrbufs) {
struct pipe_buffer *buf = pipe->bufs + pipe->curbuf;
@ -803,8 +794,6 @@ ssize_t splice_from_pipe(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe, struct file *out,
pipe_wait(pipe);
}
inode_double_unlock(inode, pipe->inode);
if (do_wakeup) {
smp_mb();
if (waitqueue_active(&pipe->wait))
@ -815,6 +804,69 @@ ssize_t splice_from_pipe(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe, struct file *out,
return ret;
}
ssize_t splice_from_pipe(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe, struct file *out,
loff_t *ppos, size_t len, unsigned int flags,
splice_actor *actor)
{
ssize_t ret;
struct inode *inode = out->f_mapping->host;
/*
* The actor worker might be calling ->prepare_write and
* ->commit_write. Most of the time, these expect i_mutex to
* be held. Since this may result in an ABBA deadlock with
* pipe->inode, we have to order lock acquiry here.
*/
inode_double_lock(inode, pipe->inode);
ret = __splice_from_pipe(pipe, out, ppos, len, flags, actor);
inode_double_unlock(inode, pipe->inode);
return ret;
}
/**
* generic_file_splice_write_nolock - generic_file_splice_write without mutexes
* @pipe: pipe info
* @out: file to write to
* @len: number of bytes to splice
* @flags: splice modifier flags
*
* Will either move or copy pages (determined by @flags options) from
* the given pipe inode to the given file. The caller is responsible
* for acquiring i_mutex on both inodes.
*
*/
ssize_t
generic_file_splice_write_nolock(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe, struct file *out,
loff_t *ppos, size_t len, unsigned int flags)
{
struct address_space *mapping = out->f_mapping;
struct inode *inode = mapping->host;
ssize_t ret;
int err;
ret = __splice_from_pipe(pipe, out, ppos, len, flags, pipe_to_file);
if (ret > 0) {
*ppos += ret;
/*
* If file or inode is SYNC and we actually wrote some data,
* sync it.
*/
if (unlikely((out->f_flags & O_SYNC) || IS_SYNC(inode))) {
err = generic_osync_inode(inode, mapping,
OSYNC_METADATA|OSYNC_DATA);
if (err)
ret = err;
}
}
return ret;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(generic_file_splice_write_nolock);
/**
* generic_file_splice_write - splice data from a pipe to a file
* @pipe: pipe info

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@ -1758,6 +1758,8 @@ extern ssize_t generic_file_splice_read(struct file *, loff_t *,
struct pipe_inode_info *, size_t, unsigned int);
extern ssize_t generic_file_splice_write(struct pipe_inode_info *,
struct file *, loff_t *, size_t, unsigned int);
extern ssize_t generic_file_splice_write_nolock(struct pipe_inode_info *,
struct file *, loff_t *, size_t, unsigned int);
extern ssize_t generic_splice_sendpage(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe,
struct file *out, loff_t *, size_t len, unsigned int flags);
extern long do_splice_direct(struct file *in, loff_t *ppos, struct file *out,