1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/fs/splice.c b/fs/splice.c
index 6909d89d0da5..718bd0056384 100644
--- a/fs/splice.c
+++ b/fs/splice.c
@@ -569,7 +569,7 @@ static ssize_t kernel_readv(struct file *file, const struct iovec *vec,
         return res;
 }
 
-static ssize_t kernel_write(struct file *file, const char *buf, size_t count,
+ssize_t kernel_write(struct file *file, const char *buf, size_t count,
                             loff_t pos)
 {
         mm_segment_t old_fs;
@@ -578,11 +578,12 @@ static ssize_t kernel_write(struct file *file, const char *buf, size_t count,
         old_fs = get_fs();
         set_fs(get_ds());
         /* The cast to a user pointer is valid due to the set_fs() */
-        res = vfs_write(file, (const char __user *)buf, count, &pos);
+        res = vfs_write(file, (__force const char __user *)buf, count, &pos);
         set_fs(old_fs);
 
         return res;
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(kernel_write);
 
 ssize_t default_file_splice_read(struct file *in, loff_t *ppos,
                                  struct pipe_inode_info *pipe, size_t len,
@@ -1170,7 +1171,7 @@ ssize_t splice_direct_to_actor(struct file *in, struct splice_desc *sd,
          * randomly drop data for eg socket -> socket splicing. Use the
          * piped splicing for that!
          */
-        i_mode = in->f_path.dentry->d_inode->i_mode;
+        i_mode = file_inode(in)->i_mode;
         if (unlikely(!S_ISREG(i_mode) && !S_ISBLK(i_mode)))
                 return -EINVAL;