linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH v21 18/30] ext4: Provide a splice-read stub

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Message-ID: <ZGiMewK8CW7DB4sl@infradead.org>
Date:   Sat, 20 May 2023 02:01:47 -0700
From:   Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:     David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
Cc:     Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
        Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>,
        Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
        Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>, Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>,
        Jeff Layton <jlayton@...nel.org>,
        David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>,
        Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...dia.com>,
        Logan Gunthorpe <logang@...tatee.com>,
        Hillf Danton <hdanton@...a.com>,
        Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-block@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>, Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>,
        Andreas Dilger <adilger.kernel@...ger.ca>,
        linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v21 18/30] ext4: Provide a splice-read stub

On Sat, May 20, 2023 at 08:21:44AM +0100, David Howells wrote:
> Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org> wrote:
> 
> > Not sure I'd call this a stub, but then again I'm not a native speaker.
> 
> "Wrapper"?

That's what I'd call it, yes.