@@ -200,22 +200,6 @@ void generic_pipe_buf_get(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe, struct pipe_buffer *buf)
EXPORT_SYMBOL(generic_pipe_buf_get);
/**
- * generic_pipe_buf_confirm - verify contents of the pipe buffer
- * @info: the pipe that the buffer belongs to
- * @buf: the buffer to confirm
- *
- * Description:
- * This function does nothing, because the generic pipe code uses
- * pages that are always good when inserted into the pipe.
- */
-int generic_pipe_buf_confirm(struct pipe_inode_info *info,
- struct pipe_buffer *buf)
-{
- return 0;
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(generic_pipe_buf_confirm);
-
-/**
* generic_pipe_buf_release - put a reference to a &struct pipe_buffer
* @pipe: the pipe that the buffer belongs to
* @buf: the buffer to put a reference to
@@ -232,7 +216,6 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(generic_pipe_buf_release);
static const struct pipe_buf_operations anon_pipe_buf_ops = {
.can_merge = 1,
- .confirm = generic_pipe_buf_confirm,
.release = anon_pipe_buf_release,
.steal = anon_pipe_buf_steal,
.get = generic_pipe_buf_get,
@@ -240,7 +223,6 @@ static const struct pipe_buf_operations anon_pipe_buf_ops = {
static const struct pipe_buf_operations packet_pipe_buf_ops = {
.can_merge = 0,
- .confirm = generic_pipe_buf_confirm,
.release = anon_pipe_buf_release,
.steal = anon_pipe_buf_steal,
.get = generic_pipe_buf_get,
@@ -95,7 +95,6 @@ static void page_cache_pipe_buf_release(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe,
const struct pipe_buf_operations page_cache_pipe_buf_ops = {
.can_merge = 0,
- .confirm = generic_pipe_buf_confirm,
.release = page_cache_pipe_buf_release,
.steal = page_cache_pipe_buf_steal,
.get = generic_pipe_buf_get,
@@ -113,7 +112,6 @@ static int user_page_pipe_buf_steal(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe,
static const struct pipe_buf_operations user_page_pipe_buf_ops = {
.can_merge = 0,
- .confirm = generic_pipe_buf_confirm,
.release = page_cache_pipe_buf_release,
.steal = user_page_pipe_buf_steal,
.get = generic_pipe_buf_get,
@@ -507,7 +505,6 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(generic_file_splice_read);
static const struct pipe_buf_operations default_pipe_buf_ops = {
.can_merge = 0,
- .confirm = generic_pipe_buf_confirm,
.release = generic_pipe_buf_release,
.steal = generic_pipe_buf_steal,
.get = generic_pipe_buf_get,
@@ -522,7 +519,6 @@ static int generic_pipe_buf_nosteal(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe,
/* Pipe buffer operations for a socket and similar. */
const struct pipe_buf_operations nosteal_pipe_buf_ops = {
.can_merge = 0,
- .confirm = generic_pipe_buf_confirm,
.release = generic_pipe_buf_release,
.steal = generic_pipe_buf_nosteal,
.get = generic_pipe_buf_get,
@@ -62,12 +62,6 @@ struct pipe_inode_info {
};
/*
- * Note on the nesting of these functions:
- *
- * ->confirm()
- * ->steal()
- *
- * That is, ->steal() must be called on a confirmed buffer.
* See below for the meaning of each operation. Also see kerneldoc
* in fs/pipe.c for the pipe and generic variants of these hooks.
*/
@@ -80,15 +74,6 @@ struct pipe_buf_operations {
int can_merge;
/*
- * ->confirm() verifies that the data in the pipe buffer is there
- * and that the contents are good. If the pages in the pipe belong
- * to a file system, we may need to wait for IO completion in this
- * hook. Returns 0 for good, or a negative error value in case of
- * error.
- */
- int (*confirm)(struct pipe_inode_info *, struct pipe_buffer *);
-
- /*
* When the contents of this pipe buffer has been completely
* consumed by a reader, ->release() is called.
*/
@@ -143,7 +128,7 @@ static inline void pipe_buf_release(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe,
static inline int pipe_buf_confirm(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe,
struct pipe_buffer *buf)
{
- return buf->ops->confirm(pipe, buf);
+ return 0;
}
/**
@@ -179,7 +164,6 @@ void free_pipe_info(struct pipe_inode_info *);
/* Generic pipe buffer ops functions */
void generic_pipe_buf_get(struct pipe_inode_info *, struct pipe_buffer *);
-int generic_pipe_buf_confirm(struct pipe_inode_info *, struct pipe_buffer *);
int generic_pipe_buf_steal(struct pipe_inode_info *, struct pipe_buffer *);
void generic_pipe_buf_release(struct pipe_inode_info *, struct pipe_buffer *);
@@ -1223,7 +1223,6 @@ static void relay_pipe_buf_release(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe,
static const struct pipe_buf_operations relay_pipe_buf_ops = {
.can_merge = 0,
- .confirm = generic_pipe_buf_confirm,
.release = relay_pipe_buf_release,
.steal = generic_pipe_buf_steal,
.get = generic_pipe_buf_get,
@@ -5219,7 +5219,6 @@ static void tracing_spd_release_pipe(struct splice_pipe_desc *spd,
static const struct pipe_buf_operations tracing_pipe_buf_ops = {
.can_merge = 0,
- .confirm = generic_pipe_buf_confirm,
.release = generic_pipe_buf_release,
.steal = generic_pipe_buf_steal,
.get = generic_pipe_buf_get,
@@ -6114,7 +6113,6 @@ static void buffer_pipe_buf_get(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe,
/* Pipe buffer operations for a buffer. */
static const struct pipe_buf_operations buffer_pipe_buf_ops = {
.can_merge = 0,
- .confirm = generic_pipe_buf_confirm,
.release = buffer_pipe_buf_release,
.steal = generic_pipe_buf_steal,
.get = buffer_pipe_buf_get,
Now all instances of .confirm are set to generic_pipe_buf_confirm(). The method and the helper can be removed. Signed-off-by: Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@redhat.com> --- fs/pipe.c | 18 ------------------ fs/splice.c | 4 ---- include/linux/pipe_fs_i.h | 18 +----------------- kernel/relay.c | 1 - kernel/trace/trace.c | 2 -- 5 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 42 deletions(-)