3 files changed, 14 insertions, 37 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/block/loop.c b/drivers/block/loop.c
index 7ea0bea2f7e3..c87b0840d2cb 100644
--- a/drivers/block/loop.c
+++ b/drivers/block/loop.c
@@ -397,10 +397,6 @@ lo_splice_actor(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe, struct pipe_buffer *buf,
         sector_t IV;
         int size, ret;
 
-        ret = buf->ops->confirm(pipe, buf);
-        if (unlikely(ret))
-                return ret;
-
         IV = ((sector_t) page->index << (PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT - 9)) +
                                                         (buf->offset >> 9);
         size = sd->len;
diff --git a/fs/nfsd/vfs.c b/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
index 184938fcff04..c6e08661adee 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
@@ -847,10 +847,6 @@ nfsd_splice_actor(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe, struct pipe_buffer *buf,
         size_t size;
         int ret;
 
-        ret = buf->ops->confirm(pipe, buf);
-        if (unlikely(ret))
-                return ret;
-
         size = sd->len;
 
         if (rqstp->rq_res.page_len == 0) {
diff --git a/fs/splice.c b/fs/splice.c
index 8f1dfaecc8f0..d2026382ac3e 100644
--- a/fs/splice.c
+++ b/fs/splice.c
@@ -682,19 +682,14 @@ static int pipe_to_sendpage(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe,
 {
         struct file *file = sd->u.file;
         loff_t pos = sd->pos;
-        int ret, more;
-
-        ret = buf->ops->confirm(pipe, buf);
-        if (!ret) {
-                more = (sd->flags & SPLICE_F_MORE) || sd->len < sd->total_len;
-                if (file->f_op && file->f_op->sendpage)
-                        ret = file->f_op->sendpage(file, buf->page, buf->offset,
-                                                   sd->len, &pos, more);
-                else
-                        ret = -EINVAL;
-        }
+        int more;
 
-        return ret;
+        if (!likely(file->f_op && file->f_op->sendpage))
+                return -EINVAL;
+
+        more = (sd->flags & SPLICE_F_MORE) || sd->len < sd->total_len;
+        return file->f_op->sendpage(file, buf->page, buf->offset,
+                                    sd->len, &pos, more);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -727,13 +722,6 @@ int pipe_to_file(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe, struct pipe_buffer *buf,
         void *fsdata;
         int ret;
 
-        /*
-         * make sure the data in this buffer is uptodate
-         */
-        ret = buf->ops->confirm(pipe, buf);
-        if (unlikely(ret))
-                return ret;
-
         offset = sd->pos & ~PAGE_CACHE_MASK;
 
         this_len = sd->len;
@@ -805,12 +793,17 @@ int splice_from_pipe_feed(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe, struct splice_desc *sd,
                 if (sd->len > sd->total_len)
                         sd->len = sd->total_len;
 
-                ret = actor(pipe, buf, sd);
-                if (ret <= 0) {
+                ret = buf->ops->confirm(pipe, buf);
+                if (unlikely(ret)) {
                         if (ret == -ENODATA)
                                 ret = 0;
                         return ret;
                 }
+
+                ret = actor(pipe, buf, sd);
+                if (ret <= 0)
+                        return ret;
+
                 buf->offset += ret;
                 buf->len -= ret;
 
@@ -1044,10 +1037,6 @@ static int write_pipe_buf(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe, struct pipe_buffer *buf,
         int ret;
         void *data;
 
-        ret = buf->ops->confirm(pipe, buf);
-        if (ret)
-                return ret;
-
         data = buf->ops->map(pipe, buf, 0);
         ret = kernel_write(sd->u.file, data + buf->offset, sd->len, sd->pos);
         buf->ops->unmap(pipe, buf, data);
@@ -1507,10 +1496,6 @@ static int pipe_to_user(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe, struct pipe_buffer *buf,
         char *src;
         int ret;
 
-        ret = buf->ops->confirm(pipe, buf);
-        if (unlikely(ret))
-                return ret;
-
         /*
          * See if we can use the atomic maps, by prefaulting in the
          * pages and doing an atomic copy