Re: [PATCH v4 2/4] fs/proc/kcore: convert read_kcore() to read_kcore_iter()

[David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com>]

On 21.03.23 21:54, Lorenzo Stoakes wrote:
> Now we have eliminated spinlocks from the vread() case, convert
> read_kcore() to read_kcore_iter().
> 
> For the time being we still use a bounce buffer for vread(), however in the
> next patch we will convert this to interact directly with the iterator and
> eliminate the bounce buffer altogether.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Stoakes <lstoakes@gmail.com>
> ---
>   fs/proc/kcore.c | 58 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------------------
>   1 file changed, 29 insertions(+), 29 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/fs/proc/kcore.c b/fs/proc/kcore.c
> index 556f310d6aa4..25e0eeb8d498 100644
> --- a/fs/proc/kcore.c
> +++ b/fs/proc/kcore.c
> @@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
>   #include <linux/memblock.h>
>   #include <linux/init.h>
>   #include <linux/slab.h>
> -#include <linux/uaccess.h>
> +#include <linux/uio.h>
>   #include <asm/io.h>
>   #include <linux/list.h>
>   #include <linux/ioport.h>
> @@ -308,9 +308,12 @@ static void append_kcore_note(char *notes, size_t *i, const char *name,
>   }
>   
>   static ssize_t
> -read_kcore(struct file *file, char __user *buffer, size_t buflen, loff_t *fpos)
> +read_kcore_iter(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *iter)
>   {
> +	struct file *file = iocb->ki_filp;
>   	char *buf = file->private_data;
> +	loff_t *ppos = &iocb->ki_pos;

Not renaming fpos -> ppos in this patch would result in less noise in 
this patch. Just like you didn't rename buflen.

In general, LGTM

Reviewed-by: David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com>

-- 
Thanks,

David / dhildenb