new helper: iov_iter_rw()
Get either READ or WRITE out of iter->type.
Signed-off-by: Omar Sandoval <osandov@osandov.com>
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
diff --git a/include/linux/uio.h b/include/linux/uio.h
index 15f11fb..8b01e1c 100644
--- a/include/linux/uio.h
+++ b/include/linux/uio.h
@@ -112,6 +112,14 @@
}
/*
+ * Get one of READ or WRITE out of iter->type without any other flags OR'd in
+ * with it.
+ *
+ * The ?: is just for type safety.
+ */
+#define iov_iter_rw(i) ((0 ? (struct iov_iter *)0 : (i))->type & RW_MASK)
+
+/*
* Cap the iov_iter by given limit; note that the second argument is
* *not* the new size - it's upper limit for such. Passing it a value
* greater than the amount of data in iov_iter is fine - it'll just do