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Date:   Thu, 12 Jan 2023 21:30:31 -0800
From:   Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>
To:     Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 3/9] iov_iter: Use IOCB/IOMAP_WRITE if available
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On Thu, Jan 12, 2023 at 05:37:26PM +0000, Al Viro wrote:
> I have no problem with getting rid of iov_iter_rw(), but I would really like to
> keep ->data_source.  If nothing else, any place getting direction wrong is
> a trouble waiting to happen - something that is currently dealing only with
> iovec and bvec might be given e.g. a pipe.

But the calling code knows the direction, in fact it is generally
encoded in the actual operation we do on the iov_iter.  The only
exception is iov_iter_get_pages and friends.  So I'd much rather pass
make the lass operation that does not explicitly encode a direction
explicit rather than carrying this duplicate information.

The direction of the iov_iter has been a major source of confusing,
and getting rid of it removes that confusion.