linux-kernel - Re: [patch 1/2] splice: dont steal

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Message-ID: <20070315124531.GD8321@wotan.suse.de>
Date:	Thu, 15 Mar 2007 13:45:31 +0100
From:	Nick Piggin <npiggin@...e.de>
To:	Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@...cle.com>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linux Memory Management List <linux-mm@...ck.org>
Subject: Re: [patch 1/2] splice: dont steal

On Thu, Mar 15, 2007 at 01:27:23PM +0100, Jens Axboe wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 15 2007, Nick Piggin wrote:
> > 
> > We should be able to allow for it with the new a_ops API I'm working
> > on.
> 
> "Should be" and in progress stuff, is it guarenteed to get there?

Well considering that it is needed in order to solve 3 different deadlock
scenarios in the core write(2) path without taking a big performance hit,
I'd hope so ;)

It isn't guaranteed, but I have only had positive feedback so far. Would
take a while to actually get merged, though.

Nick
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