@@ -227,7 +227,6 @@ void generic_pipe_buf_release(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe,
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,
@@ -235,7 +234,6 @@ 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,
@@ -379,7 +377,7 @@ pipe_write(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *from)
struct pipe_buffer *buf = pipe->bufs + lastbuf;
int offset = buf->offset + buf->len;
- if (buf->ops->can_merge && offset + chars <= PAGE_SIZE &&
+ if (offset + chars <= PAGE_SIZE &&
(buf->flags & PIPE_BUF_FLAG_MAYMERGE)) {
ret = pipe_buf_confirm(pipe, buf);
if (ret)
@@ -138,7 +138,6 @@ static int page_cache_pipe_buf_confirm(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe,
}
const struct pipe_buf_operations page_cache_pipe_buf_ops = {
- .can_merge = 0,
.confirm = page_cache_pipe_buf_confirm,
.release = page_cache_pipe_buf_release,
.steal = page_cache_pipe_buf_steal,
@@ -156,7 +155,6 @@ 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,
@@ -326,7 +324,6 @@ ssize_t generic_file_splice_read(struct file *in, loff_t *ppos,
EXPORT_SYMBOL(generic_file_splice_read);
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,
@@ -341,7 +338,6 @@ 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,
@@ -81,13 +81,6 @@ struct pipe_inode_info {
* in fs/pipe.c for the pipe and generic variants of these hooks.
*/
struct pipe_buf_operations {
- /*
- * This is set to 1, if the generic pipe read/write may coalesce
- * data into an existing buffer. If this is set to 0, a new pipe
- * page segment is always used for new data.
- */
- 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
@@ -1175,7 +1175,6 @@ 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,
@@ -5803,7 +5803,6 @@ 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,
@@ -6823,7 +6822,6 @@ 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,
@@ -136,7 +136,6 @@ static int smc_rx_pipe_buf_nosteal(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe,
}
static const struct pipe_buf_operations smc_pipe_ops = {
- .can_merge = 0,
.confirm = generic_pipe_buf_confirm,
.release = smc_rx_pipe_buf_release,
.steal = smc_rx_pipe_buf_nosteal,
My last commit "splice: don't merge into linked buffers" made the "can_merge" field in struct pipe_buf_operations redundant: Whether a buffer is mergeable is now a property of the buffer, not of the operations struct. Get rid of it. Signed-off-by: Jann Horn <jannh@google.com> --- fs/pipe.c | 4 +--- fs/splice.c | 4 ---- include/linux/pipe_fs_i.h | 7 ------- kernel/relay.c | 1 - kernel/trace/trace.c | 2 -- net/smc/smc_rx.c | 1 - 6 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 18 deletions(-)