Return-Path: Received: from mx142.netapp.com ([216.240.21.19]:21799 "EHLO mx142.netapp.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750972AbcAYVsw (ORCPT ); Mon, 25 Jan 2016 16:48:52 -0500 Subject: Re: [PATCH v8 5/4] copy_file_range.2: New page documenting copy_file_range() To: References: <1446844701-848-1-git-send-email-Anna.Schumaker@Netapp.com> <1446844701-848-6-git-send-email-Anna.Schumaker@Netapp.com> CC: linux-nfs , Linux btrfs Developers List , "linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org" , Linux API , Zach Brown , Alexander Viro , Chris Mason , "Darrick J. Wong" , , Christoph Hellwig From: Anna Schumaker Message-ID: <56A6983B.3050507@Netapp.com> Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2016 16:48:43 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Sender: linux-nfs-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Hi Michael, On 01/25/2016 08:45 AM, Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) wrote: > Hi Anna, > > On 6 November 2015 at 22:18, Anna Schumaker wrote: >> copy_file_range() is a new system call for copying ranges of data >> completely in the kernel. This gives filesystems an opportunity to >> implement some kind of "copy acceleration", such as reflinks or >> server-side-copy (in the case of NFS). > > I see that there was a V9 patch series, but this page that came > with the V8 series is the most recent that I can find. Is it up to > date, technically, with what has been merged into 4.5rc? I double checked, and it looks like v9 only had a few small fixes so the man page from v8 should be up to date. Sorry for the confusion! Anna > > Thanks, > > Michael > >> Signed-off-by: Anna Schumaker >> Reviewed-by: Darrick J. Wong >> Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig >> --- >> v8: >> - Document that files can not be open with O_APPEND. >> --- >> man2/copy_file_range.2 | 201 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ >> man2/splice.2 | 1 + >> 2 files changed, 202 insertions(+) >> create mode 100644 man2/copy_file_range.2 >> >> diff --git a/man2/copy_file_range.2 b/man2/copy_file_range.2 >> new file mode 100644 >> index 0000000..d9f76d1 >> --- /dev/null >> +++ b/man2/copy_file_range.2 >> @@ -0,0 +1,201 @@ >> +.\"This manpage is Copyright (C) 2015 Anna Schumaker >> +.\" >> +.\" %%%LICENSE_START(VERBATIM) >> +.\" Permission is granted to make and distribute verbatim copies of this >> +.\" manual provided the copyright notice and this permission notice are >> +.\" preserved on all copies. >> +.\" >> +.\" Permission is granted to copy and distribute modified versions of >> +.\" this manual under the conditions for verbatim copying, provided that >> +.\" the entire resulting derived work is distributed under the terms of >> +.\" a permission notice identical to this one. >> +.\" >> +.\" Since the Linux kernel and libraries are constantly changing, this >> +.\" manual page may be incorrect or out-of-date. The author(s) assume >> +.\" no responsibility for errors or omissions, or for damages resulting >> +.\" from the use of the information contained herein. The author(s) may >> +.\" not have taken the same level of care in the production of this >> +.\" manual, which is licensed free of charge, as they might when working >> +.\" professionally. >> +.\" >> +.\" Formatted or processed versions of this manual, if unaccompanied by >> +.\" the source, must acknowledge the copyright and authors of this work. >> +.\" %%%LICENSE_END >> +.\" >> +.TH COPY 2 2015-11-06 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual" >> +.SH NAME >> +copy_file_range \- Copy a range of data from one file to another >> +.SH SYNOPSIS >> +.nf >> +.B #include >> +.B #include >> + >> +.BI "ssize_t copy_file_range(int " fd_in ", loff_t *" off_in ", int " fd_out ", >> +.BI " loff_t *" off_out ", size_t " len \ >> +", unsigned int " flags ); >> +.fi >> +.SH DESCRIPTION >> +The >> +.BR copy_file_range () >> +system call performs an in-kernel copy between two file descriptors >> +without the additional cost of transferring data from the kernel to userspace >> +and then back into the kernel. >> +It copies up to >> +.I len >> +bytes of data from file descriptor >> +.I fd_in >> +to file descriptor >> +.IR fd_out , >> +overwriting any data that exists within the requested range of the target file. >> + >> +The following semantics apply for >> +.IR off_in , >> +and similar statements apply to >> +.IR off_out : >> +.IP * 3 >> +If >> +.I off_in >> +is NULL, then bytes are read from >> +.I fd_in >> +starting from the current file offset, and the offset is >> +adjusted by the number of bytes copied. >> +.IP * >> +If >> +.I off_in >> +is not NULL, then >> +.I off_in >> +must point to a buffer that specifies the starting >> +offset where bytes from >> +.I fd_in >> +will be read. The current file offset of >> +.I fd_in >> +is not changed, but >> +.I off_in >> +is adjusted appropriately. >> +.PP >> + >> +The >> +.I flags >> +argument must be set to 0. >> +.SH RETURN VALUE >> +Upon successful completion, >> +.BR copy_file_range () >> +will return the number of bytes copied between files. >> +This could be less than the length originally requested. >> + >> +On error, >> +.BR copy_file_range () >> +returns \-1 and >> +.I errno >> +is set to indicate the error. >> +.SH ERRORS >> +.TP >> +.B EBADF >> +One or more file descriptors are not valid; or >> +.I fd_in >> +is not open for reading; or >> +.I fd_out >> +is not open for writing; or >> +.I fd_out >> +is open for appending. >> +.TP >> +.B EINVAL >> +Requested range extends beyond the end of the source file; or the >> +.I flags >> +argument is not 0. >> +.TP >> +.B EIO >> +A low level I/O error occurred while copying. >> +.TP >> +.B ENOMEM >> +Out of memory. >> +.TP >> +.B ENOSPC >> +There is not enough space on the target filesystem to complete the copy. >> +.TP >> +.B EXDEV >> +.IR file_in " and " file_out >> +are not on the same mounted filesystem. >> +.SH VERSIONS >> +The >> +.BR copy_file_range () >> +system call first appeared in Linux 4.4. >> +.SH CONFORMING TO >> +The >> +.BR copy_file_range () >> +system call is a nonstandard Linux extension. >> +.SH NOTES >> +If >> +.I file_in >> +is a sparse file, then >> +.BR copy_file_range () >> +may expand any holes existing in the requested range. >> +Users may benefit from calling >> +.BR copy_file_range () >> +in a loop, and using >> +.BR lseek (2) >> +to find the locations of data segments. >> +.SH EXAMPLE >> +.nf >> +#define _GNU_SOURCE >> +#include >> +#include >> +#include >> +#include >> +#include >> +#include >> + >> +loff_t copy_file_range(int fd_in, loff_t *off_in, int fd_out, >> + loff_t *off_out, size_t len, unsigned int flags) >> +{ >> + return syscall(__NR_copy_file_range, fd_in, off_in, fd_out, >> + off_out, len, flags); >> +} >> + >> +int main(int argc, char **argv) >> +{ >> + int fd_in, fd_out; >> + struct stat stat; >> + loff_t len, ret; >> + char buf[2]; >> + >> + if (argc != 3) { >> + fprintf(stderr, "Usage: %s \\n", argv[0]); >> + exit(EXIT_FAILURE); >> + } >> + >> + fd_in = open(argv[1], O_RDONLY); >> + if (fd_in == \-1) { >> + perror("open (argv[1])"); >> + exit(EXIT_FAILURE); >> + } >> + >> + if (fstat(fd_in, &stat) == \-1) { >> + perror("fstat"); >> + exit(EXIT_FAILURE); >> + } >> + len = stat.st_size; >> + >> + fd_out = open(argv[2], O_CREAT|O_WRONLY|O_TRUNC, 0644); >> + if (fd_out == \-1) { >> + perror("open (argv[2])"); >> + exit(EXIT_FAILURE); >> + } >> + >> + do { >> + ret = copy_file_range(fd_in, NULL, fd_out, NULL, len, 0); >> + if (ret == \-1) { >> + perror("copy_file_range"); >> + exit(EXIT_FAILURE); >> + } >> + >> + len \-= ret; >> + } while (len > 0); >> + >> + close(fd_in); >> + close(fd_out); >> + exit(EXIT_SUCCESS); >> +} >> +.fi >> +.SH SEE ALSO >> +.BR splice (2) >> diff --git a/man2/splice.2 b/man2/splice.2 >> index b9b4f42..5c162e0 100644 >> --- a/man2/splice.2 >> +++ b/man2/splice.2 >> @@ -238,6 +238,7 @@ only pointers are copied, not the pages of the buffer. >> See >> .BR tee (2). >> .SH SEE ALSO >> +.BR copy_file_range (2), >> .BR sendfile (2), >> .BR tee (2), >> .BR vmsplice (2) >> -- >> 2.6.2 >> > > >