vfs: introduce generic_copy_file_range()

Right now if vfs_copy_file_range() does not use any offload
mechanism, it falls back to calling do_splice_direct(). This fails
to do basic sanity checks on the files being copied. Before we
start adding this necessarily functionality to the fallback path,
separate it out into generic_copy_file_range().

generic_copy_file_range() has the same prototype as
->copy_file_range() so that filesystems can use it in their custom
->copy_file_range() method if they so choose.

Signed-off-by: Dave Chinner <dchinner@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Amir Goldstein <amir73il@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Darrick J. Wong <darrick.wong@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Darrick J. Wong <darrick.wong@oracle.com>

2 files changed, 35 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/fs/read_write.c b/fs/read_write.c
index c543d965e288..676b02fae589 100644
--- a/fs/read_write.c
+++ b/fs/read_write.c
@@ -1565,6 +1565,36 @@ COMPAT_SYSCALL_DEFINE4(sendfile64, int, out_fd, int, in_fd,
 }
 #endif
 
+/**
+ * generic_copy_file_range - copy data between two files
+ * @file_in:    file structure to read from
+ * @pos_in:     file offset to read from
+ * @file_out:   file structure to write data to
+ * @pos_out:    file offset to write data to
+ * @len:        amount of data to copy
+ * @flags:      copy flags
+ *
+ * This is a generic filesystem helper to copy data from one file to another.
+ * It has no constraints on the source or destination file owners - the files
+ * can belong to different superblocks and different filesystem types. Short
+ * copies are allowed.
+ *
+ * This should be called from the @file_out filesystem, as per the
+ * ->copy_file_range() method.
+ *
+ * Returns the number of bytes copied or a negative error indicating the
+ * failure.
+ */
+
+ssize_t generic_copy_file_range(struct file *file_in, loff_t pos_in,
+                                struct file *file_out, loff_t pos_out,
+                                size_t len, unsigned int flags)
+{
+        return do_splice_direct(file_in, &pos_in, file_out, &pos_out,
+                                len > MAX_RW_COUNT ? MAX_RW_COUNT : len, 0);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(generic_copy_file_range);
+
 /*
  * copy_file_range() differs from regular file read and write in that it
  * specifically allows return partial success.  When it does so is up to
@@ -1632,9 +1662,8 @@ ssize_t vfs_copy_file_range(struct file *file_in, loff_t pos_in,
                         goto done;
         }
 
-        ret = do_splice_direct(file_in, &pos_in, file_out, &pos_out,
-                        len > MAX_RW_COUNT ? MAX_RW_COUNT : len, 0);
-
+        ret = generic_copy_file_range(file_in, pos_in, file_out, pos_out, len,
+                                      flags);
 done:
         if (ret > 0) {
                 fsnotify_access(file_in);
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index f7fdfe93e25d..ea17858310ff 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -1889,6 +1889,9 @@ extern ssize_t vfs_readv(struct file *, const struct iovec __user *,
                 unsigned long, loff_t *, rwf_t);
 extern ssize_t vfs_copy_file_range(struct file *, loff_t , struct file *,
                                    loff_t, size_t, unsigned int);
+extern ssize_t generic_copy_file_range(struct file *file_in, loff_t pos_in,
+                                       struct file *file_out, loff_t pos_out,
+                                       size_t len, unsigned int flags);
 extern int generic_remap_file_range_prep(struct file *file_in, loff_t pos_in,
                                          struct file *file_out, loff_t pos_out,
                                          loff_t *count,