| Message ID | 1441397823-1203-6-git-send-email-Anna.Schumaker@Netapp.com (mailing list archive) |
|---|---|
| State | New, archived |
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diff --git a/fs/read_write.c b/fs/read_write.c index 82c4933..922ca58 100644 --- a/fs/read_write.c +++ b/fs/read_write.c @@ -1369,11 +1369,6 @@ ssize_t vfs_copy_file_range(struct file *file_in, loff_t pos_in, pos_in + len > i_size_read(inode_in)) return -EINVAL; - /* this could be relaxed once a method supports cross-fs copies */ - if (inode_in->i_sb != inode_out->i_sb || - file_in->f_path.mnt != file_out->f_path.mnt) - return -EXDEV; - /* forbid ranges in the same file */ if (inode_in == inode_out) return -EINVAL;
I still want to do an in-kernel copy even if the files are on different mountpoints, and NFS has a "server to server" copy that expects two files on different mountpoints. Let's have individual filesystems implement this check instead. Signed-off-by: Anna Schumaker <Anna.Schumaker@Netapp.com> --- fs/read_write.c | 5 ----- 1 file changed, 5 deletions(-)