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[PATCH] Introduce generic_file_splice_write_nolock()

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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>
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Mark Fasheh 2006-10-17 18:43:07 +02:00 • committed by Jens Axboe
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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,