linux-kernel - Re: splice() giving unexpected EOF in 3.7.3 and 3.8-rc4+

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Date:	Sat, 19 Jan 2013 08:04:27 +0100
From:	Willy Tarreau <w@....eu>
To:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Cc:	Eric Wong <normalperson@...t.net>,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: splice() giving unexpected EOF in 3.7.3 and 3.8-rc4+

On Fri, Jan 18, 2013 at 10:13:16PM -0800, Eric Dumazet wrote:
> On Fri, 2013-01-18 at 21:54 -0800, Eric Dumazet wrote:
> 
> > 
> > Hmm, this might be already fixed in net-next tree, could you try it ?
> > 
> 
> Yes, running your program on net-next seems OK.
> 
> David, we need the two following commits.
> 
> They actually fixed a bug : current code in Linus tree
> can push to the pipe a 0-length frag, because of the :
(...)

And FWIW I confirm that my test machines which have been running 3.7
with these two patches since you proposed them have never experienced
such an issue.

Willy

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