1 files changed, 50 insertions, 9 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/pipe_fs_i.h b/include/linux/pipe_fs_i.h
index 24f5470d3944..e7497c9dde7f 100644
--- a/include/linux/pipe_fs_i.h
+++ b/include/linux/pipe_fs_i.h
@@ -66,15 +66,10 @@ struct pipe_inode_info {
  *
  * ->confirm()
  *	->steal()
- *	...
- *	->map()
- *	...
- *	->unmap()
  *
- * That is, ->map() must be called on a confirmed buffer,
- * same goes for ->steal(). See below for the meaning of each
- * operation. Also see kerneldoc in fs/pipe.c for the pipe
- * and generic variants of these hooks.
+ * That is, ->steal() must be called on a confirmed buffer.
+ * See below for the meaning of each operation. Also see kerneldoc
+ * in fs/pipe.c for the pipe and generic variants of these hooks.
  */
 struct pipe_buf_operations {
 	/*
@@ -115,6 +110,53 @@ struct pipe_buf_operations {
 	void (*get)(struct pipe_inode_info *, struct pipe_buffer *);
 };
 
+/**
+ * pipe_buf_get - get a reference to a pipe_buffer
+ * @pipe:	the pipe that the buffer belongs to
+ * @buf:	the buffer to get a reference to
+ */
+static inline void pipe_buf_get(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe,
+				struct pipe_buffer *buf)
+{
+	buf->ops->get(pipe, buf);
+}
+
+/**
+ * pipe_buf_release - put a reference to a pipe_buffer
+ * @pipe:	the pipe that the buffer belongs to
+ * @buf:	the buffer to put a reference to
+ */
+static inline void pipe_buf_release(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe,
+				    struct pipe_buffer *buf)
+{
+	const struct pipe_buf_operations *ops = buf->ops;
+
+	buf->ops = NULL;
+	ops->release(pipe, buf);
+}
+
+/**
+ * pipe_buf_confirm - verify contents of the pipe buffer
+ * @pipe:	the pipe that the buffer belongs to
+ * @buf:	the buffer to confirm
+ */
+static inline int pipe_buf_confirm(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe,
+				   struct pipe_buffer *buf)
+{
+	return buf->ops->confirm(pipe, buf);
+}
+
+/**
+ * pipe_buf_steal - attempt to take ownership of a pipe_buffer
+ * @pipe:	the pipe that the buffer belongs to
+ * @buf:	the buffer to attempt to steal
+ */
+static inline int pipe_buf_steal(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe,
+				 struct pipe_buffer *buf)
+{
+	return buf->ops->steal(pipe, buf);
+}
+
 /* Differs from PIPE_BUF in that PIPE_SIZE is the length of the actual
    memory allocation, whereas PIPE_BUF makes atomicity guarantees.  */
 #define PIPE_SIZE		PAGE_SIZE
@@ -129,7 +171,6 @@ extern unsigned long pipe_user_pages_hard;
 extern unsigned long pipe_user_pages_soft;
 int pipe_proc_fn(struct ctl_table *, int, void __user *, size_t *, loff_t *);
 
-
 /* Drop the inode semaphore and wait for a pipe event, atomically */
 void pipe_wait(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe);