linux-kernel - Re: PATCH: sendfile() checks f_op.sendpage() instead of f_op.splice

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Message-ID: <412e6f7f0910190148m79d7910et358d0b3627e39aa2@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Mon, 19 Oct 2009 16:48:55 +0800
From:	Changli Gao <xiaosuo@...il.com>
To:	Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@...cle.com>
Cc:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: PATCH: sendfile() checks f_op.sendpage() instead of 
	f_op.splice_write() wrongly

On Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 4:25 PM, Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@...cle.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 19 2009, Changli Gao wrote:
>
> Question is, if the check should just be dropped completely, since we
> use fallback default handlers if the fs doesn't have
> ->splice_read/->splice_write().

Agree with you. I think we can drop it.


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Regards，
Changli Gao(xiaosuo@...il.com)
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