@@ -1618,24 +1618,16 @@ int generic_write_check_limits(struct file *file, loff_t pos, loff_t *count)
return 0;
}
-/*
- * Performs necessary checks before doing a write
- *
- * Can adjust writing position or amount of bytes to write.
- * Returns appropriate error code that caller should return or
- * zero in case that write should be allowed.
- */
-ssize_t generic_write_checks(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *from)
+/* Like generic_write_checks(), but takes size of write instead of iter. */
+int generic_write_checks_count(struct kiocb *iocb, loff_t *count)
{
struct file *file = iocb->ki_filp;
struct inode *inode = file->f_mapping->host;
- loff_t count;
- int ret;
if (IS_SWAPFILE(inode))
return -ETXTBSY;
- if (!iov_iter_count(from))
+ if (!*count)
return 0;
/* FIXME: this is for backwards compatibility with 2.4 */
@@ -1645,8 +1637,23 @@ ssize_t generic_write_checks(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *from)
if ((iocb->ki_flags & IOCB_NOWAIT) && !(iocb->ki_flags & IOCB_DIRECT))
return -EINVAL;
- count = iov_iter_count(from);
- ret = generic_write_check_limits(file, iocb->ki_pos, &count);
+ return generic_write_check_limits(iocb->ki_filp, iocb->ki_pos, count);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(generic_write_checks_count);
+
+/*
+ * Performs necessary checks before doing a write
+ *
+ * Can adjust writing position or amount of bytes to write.
+ * Returns appropriate error code that caller should return or
+ * zero in case that write should be allowed.
+ */
+ssize_t generic_write_checks(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *from)
+{
+ loff_t count = iov_iter_count(from);
+ int ret;
+
+ ret = generic_write_checks_count(iocb, &count);
if (ret)
return ret;
@@ -3201,6 +3201,7 @@ extern int sb_min_blocksize(struct super_block *, int);
extern int generic_file_mmap(struct file *, struct vm_area_struct *);
extern int generic_file_readonly_mmap(struct file *, struct vm_area_struct *);
extern ssize_t generic_write_checks(struct kiocb *, struct iov_iter *);
+extern int generic_write_checks_count(struct kiocb *iocb, loff_t *count);
extern int generic_write_check_limits(struct file *file, loff_t pos,
loff_t *count);
extern int generic_file_rw_checks(struct file *file_in, struct file *file_out);