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SubjectRe: [PATCH 2/3] copyfile: sendfile
On Sat, Sep 04, 2004 at 06:59:38PM +0200, Jörn Engel wrote:
> Creates vfs_sendfile(), which can be called from other places within
> the kernel. Such other places include copyfile() and cowlinks.
>
> In principle, this just removes code from do_sendfile() to
> vfs_sendfile(). On top of that, it adds a check to out_inode,
> identical to the one on in_inode. True, the check for out_inode was
> never needed, maybe that tells you something about the check to
> in_inode as well. ;)

Both checks aren't nessecary.

> +++ linux-2.6.9-rc1-mm3/include/linux/syscalls.h 2004-09-04 18:17:15.000000000 +0200
> @@ -285,6 +285,8 @@
> asmlinkage long sys_unlink(const char __user *pathname);
> asmlinkage long sys_rename(const char __user *oldname,
> const char __user *newname);
> +asmlinkage long sys_copyfile(const char __user *from, const char __user *to,
> + umode_t mode);

oesn't seem to belong into this patch.

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