[PATCH] Introduce generic_file_splice_write_nolock()

This allows file systems to manage their own i_mutex locking while
still re-using the generic_file_splice_write() logic.

OCFS2 in particular wants this so that it can order cluster locks within
i_mutex.

Signed-off-by: Mark Fasheh <mark.fasheh@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index 853a02f23936..d695ba2346a3 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -1758,6 +1758,8 @@ extern ssize_t generic_file_splice_read(struct file *, loff_t *,
                 struct pipe_inode_info *, size_t, unsigned int);
 extern ssize_t generic_file_splice_write(struct pipe_inode_info *,
                 struct file *, loff_t *, size_t, unsigned int);
+extern ssize_t generic_file_splice_write_nolock(struct pipe_inode_info *,
+                struct file *, loff_t *, size_t, unsigned int);
 extern ssize_t generic_splice_sendpage(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe,
                 struct file *out, loff_t *, size_t len, unsigned int flags);
 extern long do_splice_direct(struct file *in, loff_t *ppos, struct file *out,