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Pavel Begunkov authored
If we use fixed files, we can be sure (almost) that REQ_F_ISREG is set.
However, for non-reg files io_prep_rw() still will look into inode to
double check, and that's expensive and can be avoided.

The only caveat is that it only currently works with 64+ bit
architectures, see FFS_ISREG, so we should consider that.

Signed-off-by: default avatarPavel Begunkov <asml.silence@gmail.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/0a62780c491ca2522cd52db4ae3f16e03aafed0f.1628471125.git.asml.silence@gmail.com


Signed-off-by: default avatarJens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
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Linux kernel
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