iov_iter: Separate type from direction and use accessor functions

In the iov_iter struct, separate the iterator type from the iterator
direction and use accessor functions to access them in most places.

Convert a bunch of places to use switch-statements to access them rather
then chains of bitwise-AND statements.  This makes it easier to add further
iterator types.  Also, this can be more efficient as to implement a switch
of small contiguous integers, the compiler can use ~50% fewer compare
instructions than it has to use bitwise-and instructions.

Further, cease passing the iterator type into the iterator setup function.
The iterator function can set that itself.  Only the direction is required.

Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>

1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/fs/9p/vfs_dir.c b/fs/9p/vfs_dir.c
index b0405d6aac85..d5db3c968a03 100644
--- a/fs/9p/vfs_dir.c
+++ b/fs/9p/vfs_dir.c
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ static int v9fs_dir_readdir(struct file *file, struct dir_context *ctx)
 		if (rdir->tail == rdir->head) {
 			struct iov_iter to;
 			int n;
-			iov_iter_kvec(&to, READ | ITER_KVEC, &kvec, 1, buflen);
+			iov_iter_kvec(&to, READ, &kvec, 1, buflen);
 			n = p9_client_read(file->private_data, ctx->pos, &to,
 					   &err);
 			if (err)