I still want to do an in-kernel copy even if the files are on different
mountpoints, and NFS has a "server to server" copy that expects two
files on different mountpoints. Let's have individual filesystems
implement this check instead.
Signed-off-by: Anna Schumaker <redacted>
Reviewed-by: David Sterba <dsterba@suse.com>
---
fs/read_write.c | 5 -----
1 file changed, 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fs/read_write.c b/fs/read_write.c
index 6f74f1f..ee9fa37 100644
--- a/fs/read_write.c
+++ b/fs/read_write.c
@@ -1366,11 +1366,6 @@ ssize_t vfs_copy_file_range(struct file *file_in, loff_t pos_in,
pos_in + len > i_size_read(inode_in))
return -EINVAL;
- /* this could be relaxed once a method supports cross-fs copies */
- if (inode_in->i_sb != inode_out->i_sb ||
- file_in->f_path.mnt != file_out->f_path.mnt)
- return -EXDEV;
-
if (len == 0)
return 0;
--
2.5.3