[PATCH] Remove readv/writev methods and use aio_read/aio_write instead

This patch removes readv() and writev() methods and replaces them with
aio_read()/aio_write() methods.

Signed-off-by: Badari Pulavarty <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <[email protected]>

Author: Badari Pulavarty

drivers/char/raw.c

@@ -257,8 +257,6 @@ static const struct file_operations raw_fops = {
 	.open	=	raw_open,
 	.release=	raw_release,
 	.ioctl	=	raw_ioctl,
-	.readv	= 	generic_file_readv,
-	.writev	= 	generic_file_writev,
 	.owner	=	THIS_MODULE,
 };
 

drivers/net/tun.c

@@ -288,11 +288,10 @@ static inline size_t iov_total(const struct iovec *iv, unsigned long count)
 	return len;
 }
 
-/* Writev */
-static ssize_t tun_chr_writev(struct file * file, const struct iovec *iv,
-			      unsigned long count, loff_t *pos)
+static ssize_t tun_chr_aio_write(struct kiocb *iocb, const struct iovec *iv,
+			      unsigned long count, loff_t pos)
 {
-	struct tun_struct *tun = file->private_data;
+	struct tun_struct *tun = iocb->ki_filp->private_data;
 
 	if (!tun)
 		return -EBADFD;
@@ -302,14 +301,6 @@ static ssize_t tun_chr_writev(struct file * file, const struct iovec *iv,
 	return tun_get_user(tun, (struct iovec *) iv, iov_total(iv, count));
 }
 
-/* Write */
-static ssize_t tun_chr_write(struct file * file, const char __user * buf,
-			     size_t count, loff_t *pos)
-{
-	struct iovec iv = { (void __user *) buf, count };
-	return tun_chr_writev(file, &iv, 1, pos);
-}
-
 /* Put packet to the user space buffer */
 static __inline__ ssize_t tun_put_user(struct tun_struct *tun,
 				       struct sk_buff *skb,
@@ -343,10 +334,10 @@ static __inline__ ssize_t tun_put_user(struct tun_struct *tun,
 	return total;
 }
 
-/* Readv */
-static ssize_t tun_chr_readv(struct file *file, const struct iovec *iv,
-			    unsigned long count, loff_t *pos)
+static ssize_t tun_chr_aio_read(struct kiocb *iocb, const struct iovec *iv,
+			    unsigned long count, loff_t pos)
 {
+	struct file *file = iocb->ki_filp;
 	struct tun_struct *tun = file->private_data;
 	DECLARE_WAITQUEUE(wait, current);
 	struct sk_buff *skb;
@@ -426,14 +417,6 @@ static ssize_t tun_chr_readv(struct file *file, const struct iovec *iv,
 	return ret;
 }
 
-/* Read */
-static ssize_t tun_chr_read(struct file * file, char __user * buf,
-			    size_t count, loff_t *pos)
-{
-	struct iovec iv = { buf, count };
-	return tun_chr_readv(file, &iv, 1, pos);
-}
-
 static void tun_setup(struct net_device *dev)
 {
 	struct tun_struct *tun = netdev_priv(dev);
@@ -764,10 +747,10 @@ static int tun_chr_close(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 static struct file_operations tun_fops = {
 	.owner	= THIS_MODULE,
 	.llseek = no_llseek,
-	.read	= tun_chr_read,
-	.readv	= tun_chr_readv,
-	.write	= tun_chr_write,
-	.writev = tun_chr_writev,
+	.read  = do_sync_read,
+	.aio_read  = tun_chr_aio_read,
+	.write = do_sync_write,
+	.aio_write = tun_chr_aio_write,
 	.poll	= tun_chr_poll,
 	.ioctl	= tun_chr_ioctl,
 	.open	= tun_chr_open,

fs/bad_inode.c

@@ -40,8 +40,6 @@ static const struct file_operations bad_file_ops =
 	.aio_fsync	= EIO_ERROR,
 	.fasync		= EIO_ERROR,
 	.lock		= EIO_ERROR,
-	.readv		= EIO_ERROR,
-	.writev		= EIO_ERROR,
 	.sendfile	= EIO_ERROR,
 	.sendpage	= EIO_ERROR,
 	.get_unmapped_area = EIO_ERROR,

fs/block_dev.c

@@ -1191,8 +1191,6 @@ const struct file_operations def_blk_fops = {
 #ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT
 	.compat_ioctl	= compat_blkdev_ioctl,
 #endif
-	.readv		= generic_file_readv,
-	.writev		= generic_file_write_nolock,
 	.sendfile	= generic_file_sendfile,
 	.splice_read	= generic_file_splice_read,
 	.splice_write	= generic_file_splice_write,

fs/cifs/cifsfs.c

@@ -480,18 +480,6 @@ cifs_get_sb(struct file_system_type *fs_type,
 	return simple_set_mnt(mnt, sb);
 }
 
-static ssize_t cifs_file_writev(struct file *file, const struct iovec *iov,
-				unsigned long nr_segs, loff_t *ppos)
-{
-	struct inode *inode = file->f_dentry->d_inode;
-	ssize_t written;
-
-	written = generic_file_writev(file, iov, nr_segs, ppos);
-	if (!CIFS_I(inode)->clientCanCacheAll)
-		filemap_fdatawrite(inode->i_mapping);
-	return written;
-}
-
 static ssize_t cifs_file_aio_write(struct kiocb *iocb, const struct iovec *iov,
 				   unsigned long nr_segs, loff_t pos)
 {
@@ -577,8 +565,6 @@ struct inode_operations cifs_symlink_inode_ops = {
 const struct file_operations cifs_file_ops = {
 	.read = do_sync_read,
 	.write = do_sync_write,
-	.readv = generic_file_readv,
-	.writev = cifs_file_writev,
 	.aio_read = generic_file_aio_read,
 	.aio_write = cifs_file_aio_write,
 	.open = cifs_open,
@@ -620,8 +606,6 @@ const struct file_operations cifs_file_direct_ops = {
 const struct file_operations cifs_file_nobrl_ops = {
 	.read = do_sync_read,
 	.write = do_sync_write,
-	.readv = generic_file_readv,
-	.writev = cifs_file_writev,
 	.aio_read = generic_file_aio_read,
 	.aio_write = cifs_file_aio_write,
 	.open = cifs_open,

fs/compat.c

@@ -70,6 +70,8 @@ int compat_printk(const char *fmt, ...)
 	return ret;
 }
 
+#include "read_write.h"
+
 /*
  * Not all architectures have sys_utime, so implement this in terms
  * of sys_utimes.
@@ -1149,9 +1151,6 @@ static ssize_t compat_do_readv_writev(int type, struct file *file,
 			       const struct compat_iovec __user *uvector,
 			       unsigned long nr_segs, loff_t *pos)
 {
-	typedef ssize_t (*io_fn_t)(struct file *, char __user *, size_t, loff_t *);
-	typedef ssize_t (*iov_fn_t)(struct file *, const struct iovec *, unsigned long, loff_t *);
-
 	compat_ssize_t tot_len;
 	struct iovec iovstack[UIO_FASTIOV];
 	struct iovec *iov=iovstack, *vector;
@@ -1234,39 +1233,18 @@ static ssize_t compat_do_readv_writev(int type, struct file *file,
 	fnv = NULL;
 	if (type == READ) {
 		fn = file->f_op->read;
-		fnv = file->f_op->readv;
+		fnv = file->f_op->aio_read;
 	} else {
 		fn = (io_fn_t)file->f_op->write;
-		fnv = file->f_op->writev;
-	}
-	if (fnv) {
-		ret = fnv(file, iov, nr_segs, pos);
-		goto out;
+		fnv = file->f_op->aio_write;
 	}
 
-	/* Do it by hand, with file-ops */
-	ret = 0;
-	vector = iov;
-	while (nr_segs > 0) {
-		void __user * base;
-		size_t len;
-		ssize_t nr;
-
-		base = vector->iov_base;
-		len = vector->iov_len;
-		vector++;
-		nr_segs--;
-
-		nr = fn(file, base, len, pos);
+	if (fnv)
+		ret = do_sync_readv_writev(file, iov, nr_segs, tot_len,
+						pos, fnv);
+	else
+		ret = do_loop_readv_writev(file, iov, nr_segs, pos, fn);
 
-		if (nr < 0) {
-			if (!ret) ret = nr;
-			break;
-		}
-		ret += nr;
-		if (nr != len)
-			break;
-	}
 out:
 	if (iov != iovstack)
 		kfree(iov);
@@ -1294,7 +1272,7 @@ compat_sys_readv(unsigned long fd, const struct compat_iovec __user *vec, unsign
 		goto out;
 
 	ret = -EINVAL;
-	if (!file->f_op || (!file->f_op->readv && !file->f_op->read))
+	if (!file->f_op || (!file->f_op->aio_read && !file->f_op->read))
 		goto out;
 
 	ret = compat_do_readv_writev(READ, file, vec, vlen, &file->f_pos);
@@ -1317,7 +1295,7 @@ compat_sys_writev(unsigned long fd, const struct compat_iovec __user *vec, unsig
 		goto out;
 
 	ret = -EINVAL;
-	if (!file->f_op || (!file->f_op->writev && !file->f_op->write))
+	if (!file->f_op || (!file->f_op->aio_write && !file->f_op->write))
 		goto out;
 
 	ret = compat_do_readv_writev(WRITE, file, vec, vlen, &file->f_pos);

fs/ext2/file.c

@@ -53,8 +53,6 @@ const struct file_operations ext2_file_operations = {
 	.open		= generic_file_open,
 	.release	= ext2_release_file,
 	.fsync		= ext2_sync_file,
-	.readv		= generic_file_readv,
-	.writev		= generic_file_writev,
 	.sendfile	= generic_file_sendfile,
 	.splice_read	= generic_file_splice_read,
 	.splice_write	= generic_file_splice_write,

fs/ext3/file.c

@@ -112,8 +112,6 @@ const struct file_operations ext3_file_operations = {
 	.write		= do_sync_write,
 	.aio_read	= generic_file_aio_read,
 	.aio_write	= ext3_file_write,
-	.readv		= generic_file_readv,
-	.writev		= generic_file_writev,
 	.ioctl		= ext3_ioctl,
 #ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT
 	.compat_ioctl	= ext3_compat_ioctl,

fs/fat/file.c

@@ -127,8 +127,6 @@ const struct file_operations fat_file_operations = {
 	.llseek		= generic_file_llseek,
 	.read		= do_sync_read,
 	.write		= do_sync_write,
-	.readv		= generic_file_readv,
-	.writev		= generic_file_writev,
 	.aio_read	= generic_file_aio_read,
 	.aio_write	= generic_file_aio_write,
 	.mmap		= generic_file_mmap,

fs/fuse/dev.c

@@ -680,14 +680,15 @@ static int fuse_read_interrupt(struct fuse_conn *fc, struct fuse_req *req,
  * request_end().  Otherwise add it to the processing list, and set
  * the 'sent' flag.
  */
-static ssize_t fuse_dev_readv(struct file *file, const struct iovec *iov,
-			      unsigned long nr_segs, loff_t *off)
+static ssize_t fuse_dev_read(struct kiocb *iocb, const struct iovec *iov,
+			      unsigned long nr_segs, loff_t pos)
 {
 	int err;
 	struct fuse_req *req;
 	struct fuse_in *in;
 	struct fuse_copy_state cs;
 	unsigned reqsize;
+	struct file *file = iocb->ki_filp;
 	struct fuse_conn *fc = fuse_get_conn(file);
 	if (!fc)
 		return -EPERM;
@@ -761,15 +762,6 @@ static ssize_t fuse_dev_readv(struct file *file, const struct iovec *iov,
 	return err;
 }
 
-static ssize_t fuse_dev_read(struct file *file, char __user *buf,
-			     size_t nbytes, loff_t *off)
-{
-	struct iovec iov;
-	iov.iov_len = nbytes;
-	iov.iov_base = buf;
-	return fuse_dev_readv(file, &iov, 1, off);
-}
-
 /* Look up request on processing list by unique ID */
 static struct fuse_req *request_find(struct fuse_conn *fc, u64 unique)
 {
@@ -814,15 +806,15 @@ static int copy_out_args(struct fuse_copy_state *cs, struct fuse_out *out,
  * it from the list and copy the rest of the buffer to the request.
  * The request is finished by calling request_end()
  */
-static ssize_t fuse_dev_writev(struct file *file, const struct iovec *iov,
-			       unsigned long nr_segs, loff_t *off)
+static ssize_t fuse_dev_write(struct kiocb *iocb, const struct iovec *iov,
+			       unsigned long nr_segs, loff_t pos)
 {
 	int err;
 	unsigned nbytes = iov_length(iov, nr_segs);
 	struct fuse_req *req;
 	struct fuse_out_header oh;
 	struct fuse_copy_state cs;
-	struct fuse_conn *fc = fuse_get_conn(file);
+	struct fuse_conn *fc = fuse_get_conn(iocb->ki_filp);
 	if (!fc)
 		return -EPERM;
 
@@ -898,15 +890,6 @@ static ssize_t fuse_dev_writev(struct file *file, const struct iovec *iov,
 	return err;
 }
 
-static ssize_t fuse_dev_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buf,
-			      size_t nbytes, loff_t *off)
-{
-	struct iovec iov;
-	iov.iov_len = nbytes;
-	iov.iov_base = (char __user *) buf;
-	return fuse_dev_writev(file, &iov, 1, off);
-}
-
 static unsigned fuse_dev_poll(struct file *file, poll_table *wait)
 {
 	unsigned mask = POLLOUT | POLLWRNORM;
@@ -1041,10 +1024,10 @@ static int fuse_dev_fasync(int fd, struct file *file, int on)
 const struct file_operations fuse_dev_operations = {
 	.owner		= THIS_MODULE,
 	.llseek		= no_llseek,
-	.read		= fuse_dev_read,
-	.readv		= fuse_dev_readv,
-	.write		= fuse_dev_write,
-	.writev		= fuse_dev_writev,
+	.read		= do_sync_read,
+	.aio_read	= fuse_dev_read,
+	.write		= do_sync_write,
+	.aio_write	= fuse_dev_write,
 	.poll		= fuse_dev_poll,
 	.release	= fuse_dev_release,
 	.fasync		= fuse_dev_fasync,

fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c

@@ -389,8 +389,6 @@ static const struct file_operations hostfs_file_fops = {
 	.sendfile	= generic_file_sendfile,
 	.aio_read	= generic_file_aio_read,
 	.aio_write	= generic_file_aio_write,
-	.readv		= generic_file_readv,
-	.writev		= generic_file_writev,
 	.write		= generic_file_write,
 	.mmap		= generic_file_mmap,
 	.open		= hostfs_file_open,

fs/jfs/file.c

@@ -108,8 +108,6 @@ const struct file_operations jfs_file_operations = {
 	.aio_read	= generic_file_aio_read,
 	.aio_write	= generic_file_aio_write,
 	.mmap		= generic_file_mmap,
-	.readv		= generic_file_readv,
-	.writev		= generic_file_writev,
  	.sendfile	= generic_file_sendfile,
 	.fsync		= jfs_fsync,
 	.release	= jfs_release,

fs/ntfs/file.c

@@ -2298,11 +2298,9 @@ const struct file_operations ntfs_file_ops = {
 	.llseek		= generic_file_llseek,	 /* Seek inside file. */
 	.read		= generic_file_read,	 /* Read from file. */
 	.aio_read	= generic_file_aio_read, /* Async read from file. */
-	.readv		= generic_file_readv,	 /* Read from file. */
 #ifdef NTFS_RW
 	.write		= ntfs_file_write,	 /* Write to file. */
 	.aio_write	= ntfs_file_aio_write,	 /* Async write to file. */
-	.writev		= ntfs_file_writev,	 /* Write to file. */
 	/*.release	= ,*/			 /* Last file is closed.  See
 						    fs/ext2/file.c::
 						    ext2_release_file() for