linux-kernel - Re: [patch 5/6] splice: remove generic_file_splice_write

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Date:	Tue, 14 Apr 2009 19:22:42 +0100
From:	Jamie Lokier <jamie@...reable.org>
To:	Miklos Szeredi <miklos@...redi.hu>
Cc:	jens.axboe@...cle.com, mfasheh@...e.com, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	viro@...IV.linux.org.uk, torvalds@...ux-foundation.org,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [patch 5/6] splice: remove generic_file_splice_write_nolock()

Miklos Szeredi wrote:
> Remove the now unused generic_file_splice_write_nolock() function.
> It's conceptually broken anyway, because splice may need to wait for
> pipe events so holding locks across the whole operation is wrong.

Did the conceptual brokenness affect userspace behaviour of
splice/sendfile at all?

Thanks,
-- Jamie
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