[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 <pbadari@us.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>

1 files changed, 67 insertions, 34 deletions

diff --git a/fs/read_write.c b/fs/read_write.c
index 679dd535380f..32d54cca9bd9 100644
--- a/fs/read_write.c
+++ b/fs/read_write.c
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/syscalls.h>
 #include <linux/pagemap.h>
+#include "read_write.h"
 
 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
 #include <asm/unistd.h>
@@ -450,6 +451,62 @@ unsigned long iov_shorten(struct iovec *iov, unsigned long nr_segs, size_t to)
 
 EXPORT_UNUSED_SYMBOL(iov_shorten);  /*  June 2006  */
 
+ssize_t do_sync_readv_writev(struct file *filp, const struct iovec *iov,
+		unsigned long nr_segs, size_t len, loff_t *ppos, iov_fn_t fn)
+{
+	struct kiocb kiocb;
+	ssize_t ret;
+
+	init_sync_kiocb(&kiocb, filp);
+	kiocb.ki_pos = *ppos;
+	kiocb.ki_left = len;
+	kiocb.ki_nbytes = len;
+
+	for (;;) {
+		ret = fn(&kiocb, iov, nr_segs, kiocb.ki_pos);
+		if (ret != -EIOCBRETRY)
+			break;
+		wait_on_retry_sync_kiocb(&kiocb);
+	}
+
+	if (ret == -EIOCBQUEUED)
+		ret = wait_on_sync_kiocb(&kiocb);
+	*ppos = kiocb.ki_pos;
+	return ret;
+}
+
+/* Do it by hand, with file-ops */
+ssize_t do_loop_readv_writev(struct file *filp, struct iovec *iov,
+		unsigned long nr_segs, loff_t *ppos, io_fn_t fn)
+{
+	struct iovec *vector = iov;
+	ssize_t ret = 0;
+
+	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(filp, base, len, ppos);
+
+		if (nr < 0) {
+			if (!ret)
+				ret = nr;
+			break;
+		}
+		ret += nr;
+		if (nr != len)
+			break;
+	}
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
 /* A write operation does a read from user space and vice versa */
 #define vrfy_dir(type) ((type) == READ ? VERIFY_WRITE : VERIFY_READ)
 
@@ -457,12 +514,9 @@ static ssize_t do_readv_writev(int type, struct file *file,
 			       const struct 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 *);
-
 	size_t tot_len;
 	struct iovec iovstack[UIO_FASTIOV];
-	struct iovec *iov=iovstack, *vector;
+	struct iovec *iov = iovstack;
 	ssize_t ret;
 	int seg;
 	io_fn_t fn;
@@ -532,39 +586,18 @@ static ssize_t 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);
@@ -585,7 +618,7 @@ ssize_t vfs_readv(struct file *file, const struct iovec __user *vec,
 {
 	if (!(file->f_mode & FMODE_READ))
 		return -EBADF;
-	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))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	return do_readv_writev(READ, file, vec, vlen, pos);
@@ -598,7 +631,7 @@ ssize_t vfs_writev(struct file *file, const struct iovec __user *vec,
 {
 	if (!(file->f_mode & FMODE_WRITE))
 		return -EBADF;
-	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))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	return do_readv_writev(WRITE, file, vec, vlen, pos);