splice: stop abusing iov_iter_advance() to flush a pipe

[platform/kernel/linux-starfive.git] / fs / splice.c

diff --git a/fs/splice.c b/fs/splice.c
index 93a2c9b..8772905 100644 (file)
--- a/fs/splice.c
+++ b/fs/splice.c
@@ -301,11 +301,9 @@ ssize_t generic_file_splice_read(struct file *in, loff_t *ppos,
 {
        struct iov_iter to;
        struct kiocb kiocb;
-       unsigned int i_head;
        int ret;
 
        iov_iter_pipe(&to, READ, pipe, len);
-       i_head = to.head;
        init_sync_kiocb(&kiocb, in);
        kiocb.ki_pos = *ppos;
        ret = call_read_iter(in, &kiocb, &to);
@@ -313,9 +311,8 @@ ssize_t generic_file_splice_read(struct file *in, loff_t *ppos,
                *ppos = kiocb.ki_pos;
                file_accessed(in);
        } else if (ret < 0) {
-               to.head = i_head;
-               to.iov_offset = 0;
-               iov_iter_advance(&to, 0); /* to free what was emitted */
+               /* free what was emitted */
+               pipe_discard_from(pipe, to.start_head);
                /*
                 * callers of ->splice_read() expect -EAGAIN on
                 * "can't put anything in there", rather than -EFAULT.