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-rw-r--r--include/linux/pipe_fs_i.h19
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/pipe_fs_i.h b/include/linux/pipe_fs_i.h
index 5a3bb3b7c9ad..5c626fdc10db 100644
--- a/include/linux/pipe_fs_i.h
+++ b/include/linux/pipe_fs_i.h
@@ -74,13 +74,6 @@ struct pipe_inode_info {
*/
struct pipe_buf_operations {
/*
- * This is set to 1, if the generic pipe read/write may coalesce
- * data into an existing buffer. If this is set to 0, a new pipe
- * page segment is always used for new data.
- */
- int can_merge;
-
- /*
* ->confirm() verifies that the data in the pipe buffer is there
* and that the contents are good. If the pages in the pipe belong
* to a file system, we may need to wait for IO completion in this
@@ -108,18 +101,20 @@ struct pipe_buf_operations {
/*
* Get a reference to the pipe buffer.
*/
- void (*get)(struct pipe_inode_info *, struct pipe_buffer *);
+ bool (*get)(struct pipe_inode_info *, struct pipe_buffer *);
};
/**
* pipe_buf_get - get a reference to a pipe_buffer
* @pipe: the pipe that the buffer belongs to
* @buf: the buffer to get a reference to
+ *
+ * Return: %true if the reference was successfully obtained.
*/
-static inline void pipe_buf_get(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe,
+static inline __must_check bool pipe_buf_get(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe,
struct pipe_buffer *buf)
{
- buf->ops->get(pipe, buf);
+ return buf->ops->get(pipe, buf);
}
/**
@@ -178,10 +173,12 @@ struct pipe_inode_info *alloc_pipe_info(void);
void free_pipe_info(struct pipe_inode_info *);
/* Generic pipe buffer ops functions */
-void generic_pipe_buf_get(struct pipe_inode_info *, struct pipe_buffer *);
+bool generic_pipe_buf_get(struct pipe_inode_info *, struct pipe_buffer *);
int generic_pipe_buf_confirm(struct pipe_inode_info *, struct pipe_buffer *);
int generic_pipe_buf_steal(struct pipe_inode_info *, struct pipe_buffer *);
+int generic_pipe_buf_nosteal(struct pipe_inode_info *, struct pipe_buffer *);
void generic_pipe_buf_release(struct pipe_inode_info *, struct pipe_buffer *);
+void pipe_buf_mark_unmergeable(struct pipe_buffer *buf);
extern const struct pipe_buf_operations nosteal_pipe_buf_ops;