Do you still have that patch?
I think so, see below.
Was it posted to linux-kernel?
Yes, it was.
I just found a copy, enjoy:
diff -ur ../vger3-001101/linux/fs/pipe.c linux/fs/pipe.c
--- ../vger3-001101/linux/fs/pipe.c Sat Oct 14 18:38:24 2000
+++ linux/fs/pipe.c Wed Nov 1 21:39:53 2000
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
#include <linux/file.h>
#include <linux/poll.h>
#include <linux/malloc.h>
+#include <linux/iobuf.h>
+#include <linux/highmem.h>
#include <linux/module.h>
#include <linux/init.h>
@@ -22,6 +24,18 @@
* -- Julian Bradfield 1999-06-07.
*/
+#define PIPE_UMAP(inode) ((inode).i_pipe->umap)
+#define PIPE_UMAPOFF(inode) ((inode).i_pipe->umap_offset)
+#define PIPE_UMAPLEN(inode) ((inode).i_pipe->umap_length)
+
+#define PIPE_UMAP_EMPTY(inode) \
+ ((PIPE_UMAP(inode) == NULL) || \
+ (PIPE_UMAPOFF(inode) >= PIPE_UMAPLEN(inode)))
+
+#define PIPE_EMPTY(inode) \
+ ((PIPE_LEN(inode) == 0) && PIPE_UMAP_EMPTY(inode))
+
+
/* Drop the inode semaphore and wait for a pipe event, atomically */
void pipe_wait(struct inode * inode)
{
@@ -36,6 +50,65 @@
}
static ssize_t
+pipe_copy_from_kiobuf(char *buf, size_t count, struct kiobuf *kio, int kio_offset)
+{
+ struct page **cur_page;
+ unsigned long cur_offset, remains_this_page;
+ char *cur_buf;
+ int kio_remains;
+
+ kio_remains = kio->length;
+ cur_page = kio->maplist;
+ cur_offset = kio->offset;
+ while (kio_offset > 0 && kio_remains > 0) {
+ remains_this_page = PAGE_SIZE - cur_offset;
+ if (kio_offset < remains_this_page) {
+ cur_offset += kio_offset;
+ kio_remains -= kio_offset;
+ break;
+ }
+ kio_offset -= remains_this_page;
+ kio_remains -= remains_this_page;
+ cur_offset = 0;
+ cur_page++;
+ }
+
+ cur_buf = buf;
+ while (kio_remains > 0) {
+ unsigned long kvaddr;
+ int err;
+
+ remains_this_page = PAGE_SIZE - cur_offset;
+ if (remains_this_page > count)
+ remains_this_page = count;
+ if (remains_this_page > kio_remains)
+ remains_this_page = kio_remains;
+
+ kvaddr = kmap(*cur_page);
+ err = copy_to_user(cur_buf, (void *)(kvaddr + cur_offset),
+ remains_this_page);
+ kunmap(*cur_page);
+
+ if (err)
+ return -EFAULT;
+
+ cur_buf += remains_this_page;
+ count -= remains_this_page;
+ if (count <= 0)
+ break;
+
+ kio_remains -= remains_this_page;
+ if (kio_remains <= 0)
+ break;
+
+ cur_offset = 0;
+ cur_page++;
+ }
+
+ return cur_buf - buf;
+}
+
+static ssize_t
pipe_read(struct file *filp, char *buf, size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
{
struct inode *inode = filp->f_dentry->d_inode;
@@ -84,29 +157,44 @@
/* Read what data is available. */
ret = -EFAULT;
- while (count > 0 && (size = PIPE_LEN(*inode))) {
- char *pipebuf = PIPE_BASE(*inode) + PIPE_START(*inode);
- ssize_t chars = PIPE_MAX_RCHUNK(*inode);
-
- if (chars > count)
- chars = count;
- if (chars > size)
- chars = size;
+ if (PIPE_UMAP(*inode)) {
+ ssize_t chars;
- if (copy_to_user(buf, pipebuf, chars))
+ chars = pipe_copy_from_kiobuf(buf, count,
+ PIPE_UMAP(*inode),
+ PIPE_UMAPOFF(*inode));
+ if (chars < 0)
goto out;
read += chars;
- PIPE_START(*inode) += chars;
- PIPE_START(*inode) &= (PIPE_SIZE - 1);
- PIPE_LEN(*inode) -= chars;
count -= chars;
buf += chars;
- }
+ PIPE_UMAPOFF(*inode) += chars;
+ } else {
+ while (count > 0 && (size = PIPE_LEN(*inode))) {
+ char *pipebuf = PIPE_BASE(*inode) + PIPE_START(*inode);
+ ssize_t chars = PIPE_MAX_RCHUNK(*inode);
- /* Cache behaviour optimization */
- if (!PIPE_LEN(*inode))
- PIPE_START(*inode) = 0;
+ if (chars > count)
+ chars = count;
+ if (chars > size)
+ chars = size;
+
+ if (copy_to_user(buf, pipebuf, chars))
+ goto out;
+
+ read += chars;
+ PIPE_START(*inode) += chars;
+ PIPE_START(*inode) &= (PIPE_SIZE - 1);
+ PIPE_LEN(*inode) -= chars;
+ count -= chars;
+ buf += chars;
+ }
+
+ /* Cache behaviour optimization */
+ if (!PIPE_LEN(*inode))
+ PIPE_START(*inode) = 0;
+ }
if (count && PIPE_WAITING_WRITERS(*inode) && !(filp->f_flags & O_NONBLOCK)) {
/*
@@ -156,16 +244,20 @@
if (!PIPE_READERS(*inode))
goto sigpipe;
- /* If count <= PIPE_BUF, we have to make it atomic. */
- free = (count <= PIPE_BUF ? count : 1);
+ /* If count <= PIPE_BUF, we have to make it atomic.
+ * PIPE_BUF is not used more, pipe is atomic for blocking
+ * IO up to KIO_MAX_ATOMIC_BYTES and for non-blocking
+ * up to PAGE_SIZE.
+ */
+ free = (count <= PIPE_SIZE ? count : PIPE_SIZE);
/* Wait, or check for, available space. */
if (filp->f_flags & O_NONBLOCK) {
ret = -EAGAIN;
- if (PIPE_FREE(*inode) < free)
+ if (PIPE_FREE(*inode) < free || PIPE_UMAP(*inode))
goto out;
} else {
- while (PIPE_FREE(*inode) < free) {
+ while (PIPE_FREE(*inode) < free || PIPE_UMAP(*inode)) {
PIPE_WAITING_WRITERS(*inode)++;
pipe_wait(inode);
PIPE_WAITING_WRITERS(*inode)--;
@@ -180,11 +272,69 @@
/* Copy into available space. */
ret = -EFAULT;
- while (count > 0) {
+ if (count >= PAGE_SIZE &&
+ !(filp->f_flags & O_NONBLOCK)) {
+ struct kiobuf *kio;
+ int err, do_sigpipe;;
+
+ /* Bulk, non-blocking, sole writer, use kio. */
+ err = alloc_kiovec(1, &kio);
+ if (err)
+ goto kio_abort;
+
+ do_sigpipe = 0;
+ PIPE_UMAP(*inode) = kio;
+ while (count > 0) {
+ unsigned long iosize = count;
+
+ if (iosize > KIO_MAX_ATOMIC_BYTES)
+ iosize = KIO_MAX_ATOMIC_BYTES;
+
+ /* Since we only use atomic sized transfers, the
+ * only possible error here is EFAULT.
+ */
+ err = map_user_kiobuf(WRITE, kio, (unsigned long)buf, iosize);
+ if (err)
+ break;
+
+ PIPE_UMAPOFF(*inode) = 0;
+ PIPE_UMAPLEN(*inode) = iosize;
+
+ do {
+ wake_up_interruptible_sync(PIPE_WAIT(*inode));
+ PIPE_WAITING_WRITERS(*inode)++;
+ pipe_wait(inode);
+ PIPE_WAITING_WRITERS(*inode)--;
+ if (signal_pending(current)) {
+ unmap_kiobuf(kio);
+ goto kio_break;
+ }
+ if (!PIPE_READERS(*inode)) {
+ unmap_kiobuf(kio);
+ do_sigpipe = 1;
+ goto kio_break;
+ }
+ } while (!PIPE_UMAP_EMPTY(*inode));
+
+ unmap_kiobuf(kio);
+ count -= iosize;
+ written += iosize;
+ buf += iosize;
+ }
+ kio_break:
+ free_kiovec(1, &kio);
+ PIPE_UMAP(*inode) = NULL;
+
+ if (do_sigpipe)
+ goto sigpipe;
+ } else while (count > 0) {
int space;
- char *pipebuf = PIPE_BASE(*inode) + PIPE_END(*inode);
- ssize_t chars = PIPE_MAX_WCHUNK(*inode);
+ char *pipebuf;
+ ssize_t chars;
+kio_abort:
+ pipebuf = PIPE_BASE(*inode) + PIPE_END(*inode);
+ chars = PIPE_MAX_WCHUNK(*inode);
if ((space = PIPE_FREE(*inode)) != 0) {
if (chars > count)
chars = count;
@@ -285,8 +435,11 @@
poll_wait(filp, PIPE_WAIT(*inode), wait);
/* Reading only -- no need for acquiring the semaphore. */
- mask = POLLIN | POLLRDNORM;
- if (PIPE_EMPTY(*inode))
+ /* Is this not racy occasionally? */
+ mask = 0;
+ if (!PIPE_EMPTY(*inode))
+ mask = POLLIN | POLLRDNORM;
+ else if (!PIPE_UMAP(*inode))
mask = POLLOUT | POLLWRNORM;
if (!PIPE_WRITERS(*inode) && filp->f_version != PIPE_WCOUNTER(*inode))
mask |= POLLHUP;
@@ -309,6 +462,8 @@
struct pipe_inode_info *info = inode->i_pipe;
inode->i_pipe = NULL;
free_page((unsigned long) info->base);
+ if (info->umap != NULL)
+ BUG();
kfree(info);
} else {
wake_up_interruptible(PIPE_WAIT(*inode));
@@ -457,6 +612,7 @@
PIPE_READERS(*inode) = PIPE_WRITERS(*inode) = 0;
PIPE_WAITING_READERS(*inode) = PIPE_WAITING_WRITERS(*inode) = 0;
PIPE_RCOUNTER(*inode) = PIPE_WCOUNTER(*inode) = 1;
+ PIPE_UMAP(*inode) = NULL;
return inode;
fail_page:
diff -ur ../vger3-001101/linux/include/linux/pipe_fs_i.h linux/include/linux/pipe_fs_i.h
--- ../vger3-001101/linux/include/linux/pipe_fs_i.h Fri May 26 21:31:37 2000
+++ linux/include/linux/pipe_fs_i.h Wed Nov 1 21:39:54 2000
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@
#define PIPEFS_MAGIC 0x50495045
struct pipe_inode_info {
wait_queue_head_t wait;
+ void *umap;
+ int umap_length;
+ int umap_offset;
char *base;
unsigned int start;
unsigned int readers;
@@ -30,7 +33,6 @@
#define PIPE_RCOUNTER(inode) ((inode).i_pipe->r_counter)
#define PIPE_WCOUNTER(inode) ((inode).i_pipe->w_counter)
-#define PIPE_EMPTY(inode) (PIPE_LEN(inode) == 0)
#define PIPE_FULL(inode) (PIPE_LEN(inode) == PIPE_SIZE)
#define PIPE_FREE(inode) (PIPE_SIZE - PIPE_LEN(inode))
#define PIPE_END(inode) ((PIPE_START(inode) + PIPE_LEN(inode)) & (PIPE_SIZE-1))
-
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