Re: [RFC: 2.6 patch] fs/read_write.c: unexport iov_shorten

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On Thu, 2006-04-27 at 20:03 +0200, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> This patch removes the unused EXPORT_SYMBOL(iov_shorten).
> 
> Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <[email protected]>
> 
> ---
> 
> This patch was already sent on:
> - 23 Apr 2006
> 
> --- linux-2.6.17-rc1-mm3-full/fs/read_write.c.old	2006-04-23 15:51:52.000000000 +0200
> +++ linux-2.6.17-rc1-mm3-full/fs/read_write.c	2006-04-23 15:52:02.000000000 +0200
> @@ -436,8 +436,6 @@
>  	return seg;
>  }
>  
> -EXPORT_SYMBOL(iov_shorten);
> -
>  /* A write operation does a read from user space and vice versa */
>  #define vrfy_dir(type) ((type) == READ ? VERIFY_WRITE : VERIFY_READ)
>  

How about this ? Wondering if we need to make this "inline" also (since
its used only in one place).

Thanks,
Badari

Signed-off-by: Badari Pulavarty <[email protected]>

 fs/read_write.c     |   22 ----------------------
 include/linux/uio.h |   22 +++++++++++++++++++++-
 2 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

Index: linux-2.6.17-rc2/fs/read_write.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.17-rc2.orig/fs/read_write.c	2006-04-18 20:00:49.000000000 -0700
+++ linux-2.6.17-rc2/fs/read_write.c	2006-04-27 11:57:05.000000000 -0700
@@ -416,28 +416,6 @@ asmlinkage ssize_t sys_pwrite64(unsigned
 	return ret;
 }
 
-/*
- * Reduce an iovec's length in-place.  Return the resulting number of segments
- */
-unsigned long iov_shorten(struct iovec *iov, unsigned long nr_segs, size_t to)
-{
-	unsigned long seg = 0;
-	size_t len = 0;
-
-	while (seg < nr_segs) {
-		seg++;
-		if (len + iov->iov_len >= to) {
-			iov->iov_len = to - len;
-			break;
-		}
-		len += iov->iov_len;
-		iov++;
-	}
-	return seg;
-}
-
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(iov_shorten);
-
 /* A write operation does a read from user space and vice versa */
 #define vrfy_dir(type) ((type) == READ ? VERIFY_WRITE : VERIFY_READ)
 
Index: linux-2.6.17-rc2/include/linux/uio.h
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.17-rc2.orig/include/linux/uio.h	2006-04-18 20:00:49.000000000 -0700
+++ linux-2.6.17-rc2/include/linux/uio.h	2006-04-27 11:57:27.000000000 -0700
@@ -61,6 +61,26 @@ static inline size_t iov_length(const st
 	return ret;
 }
 
-unsigned long iov_shorten(struct iovec *iov, unsigned long nr_segs, size_t to);
+
+/*
+ * Reduce an iovec's length in-place.  Return the resulting number of segments
+ */
+static
+unsigned long iov_shorten(struct iovec *iov, unsigned long nr_segs, size_t to)
+{
+	unsigned long seg = 0;
+	size_t len = 0;
+
+	while (seg < nr_segs) {
+		seg++;
+		if (len + iov->iov_len >= to) {
+			iov->iov_len = to - len;
+			break;
+		}
+		len += iov->iov_len;
+		iov++;
+	}
+	return seg;
+}
 
 #endif


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