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Message-ID: <4786D7E5.2080701@cam.ac.uk> Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2008 02:43:49 +0000 From: Chris Smowton <cs448@....ac.uk> To: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Subject: Splice(): exports for module programmers Just a couple of quick questions if anyone can shed light regarding functions exported for modules relating to splice(): * Is there a particular reason why the useful helper __splice_from_pipe is exported, but not the locking equivalent splice_from_pipe or its equally useful helper splice_to_pipe? * Similarly is there anything wrong with exporting the generic pipe-buffer operations (e.g. generic_pipe_buf_map) to save effort writing modules which implement splice_read and splice_write? Are these unexported because they are unstable and not yet considered suitable for use, or simply because nobody's written a module that splice()s yet? Chris -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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