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authorAl Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>2021-04-30 16:26:41 +0200
committerAl Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>2021-06-10 17:45:14 +0200
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parent[xarray] iov_iter_npages(): just use DIV_ROUND_UP() (diff)
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iov_iter: replace iov_iter_copy_from_user_atomic() with iterator-advancing variant
Replacement is called copy_page_from_iter_atomic(); unlike the old primitive the callers do *not* need to do iov_iter_advance() after it. In case when they end up consuming less than they'd been given they need to do iov_iter_revert() on everything they had not consumed. That, however, needs to be done only on slow paths. All in-tree callers converted. And that kills the last user of iterate_all_kinds() Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
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@@ -890,3 +890,12 @@ been called or returned with non -EIOCBQUEUED code.
mnt_want_write_file() can now only be paired with mnt_drop_write_file(),
whereas previously it could be paired with mnt_drop_write() as well.
+
+---
+
+**mandatory**
+
+iov_iter_copy_from_user_atomic() is gone; use copy_page_from_iter_atomic().
+The difference is copy_page_from_iter_atomic() advances the iterator and
+you don't need iov_iter_advance() after it. However, if you decide to use
+only a part of obtained data, you should do iov_iter_revert().