linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] splice: partial write handling fix

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Message-ID: <20070315122127.GO15400@kernel.dk>
Date:	Thu, 15 Mar 2007 13:21:27 +0100
From:	Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@...cle.com>
To:	Dmitriy Monakhov <dmonakhov@...ru>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] splice: partial write handling fix

On Wed, Mar 14 2007, Dmitriy Monakhov wrote:
> currently if partial write has happened while ->commit_write() then page
> wasn't marked as accessed and rebalanced. 

The ->commit_write() return values aren't very well designed imho. Is
your fix correct getting the pipe_to_file() return value correct now?

-- 
Jens Axboe

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