Re: [patch 3/3] splice: implement default splice_read method

[Brad Boyer <flar@allandria.com>]

On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 10:04:28PM +0200, Miklos Szeredi wrote:
> From: Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@suse.cz>
> 
> If f_op->splice_read() is not implemented fall back to a plain read.
> Use vfs_readv() to read into previously allocated pages.
> 
> This will allow splice and functions using splice, such as the loop
> device, to work on all filesystems.  This includes "direct_io" files
> in fuse which bypass the page cache.

Based on your description, I would have expected this patch to make
the loop driver work seamlessly. Unless I'm misreading something, I
think the loop driver will still error out if the fs driver in question
doesn't explicitly set splice_read.o

>From drivers/block/loop.c:
724         /* new backing store needs to support loop (eg splice_read) */
725         if (!inode->i_fop->splice_read)
726                 goto out_putf;
727 

Did you accidentally leave out some changes? Please let me know if I
am missing something obvious.

	Brad Boyer
	flar@allandria.com