Re: [PATCH] splice support #2

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On Thu, Mar 30 2006, Andrew Morton wrote:
> Jens Axboe <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > > > +static void *page_cache_pipe_buf_map(struct file *file,
> >  > > +				     struct pipe_inode_info *info,
> >  > > +				     struct pipe_buffer *buf)
> >  > > +{
> >  > > +	struct page *page = buf->page;
> >  > > +
> >  > > +	lock_page(page);
> >  > > +
> >  > > +	if (!PageUptodate(page)) {
> >  > 
> >  >  || page->mapping == NULL
> > 
> >  Fixed
> 
> Actually that wasn't right.  If the page was truncated then we shouldn't
> return -EIO to userspace.  We should return zero, as this is the first
> page.

_if_ this is the first page, then agree.

> Which means either returning an ERR_PTR here for -EIO or re-checking i_size
> in the caller.   Maybe the latter?

The latter sounds better, I'll add that.

-- 
Jens Axboe

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