[PATCH v3 1/7] splice: don't generate zero-len segement bvecs

From: Pavel Begunkov
Date: Sat Jan 09 2021 - 11:07:32 EST


iter_file_splice_write() may spawn bvec segments with zero-length. In
preparation for prohibiting them, filter out by hand at splice level.

Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Pavel Begunkov <asml.silence@xxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/splice.c | 9 ++++++---
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/splice.c b/fs/splice.c
index 866d5c2367b2..474fb8b5562a 100644
--- a/fs/splice.c
+++ b/fs/splice.c
@@ -662,12 +662,14 @@ iter_file_splice_write(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe, struct file *out,

/* build the vector */
left = sd.total_len;
- for (n = 0; !pipe_empty(head, tail) && left && n < nbufs; tail++, n++) {
+ for (n = 0; !pipe_empty(head, tail) && left && n < nbufs; tail++) {
struct pipe_buffer *buf = &pipe->bufs[tail & mask];
size_t this_len = buf->len;

- if (this_len > left)
- this_len = left;
+ /* zero-length bvecs are not supported, skip them */
+ if (!this_len)
+ continue;
+ this_len = min(this_len, left);

ret = pipe_buf_confirm(pipe, buf);
if (unlikely(ret)) {
@@ -680,6 +682,7 @@ iter_file_splice_write(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe, struct file *out,
array[n].bv_len = this_len;
array[n].bv_offset = buf->offset;
left -= this_len;
+ n++;
}

iov_iter_bvec(&from, WRITE, array, n, sd.total_len - left);
--
2.24.0