linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 3/4]: sendfile: remove flags paramter of do_splice

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Date:	Fri, 28 May 2010 18:06:18 +0800
From:	Changli Gao <xiaosuo@...il.com>
To:	Miklos Szeredi <miklos@...redi.hu>
Cc:	axboe@...nel.dk, viro@...iv.linux.org.uk, matthew@....cx,
	mszeredi@...e.cz, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 3/4]: sendfile: remove flags paramter of 
	do_splice_direct()

On Fri, May 28, 2010 at 5:40 PM, Miklos Szeredi <miklos@...redi.hu> wrote:
> On Wed, 26 May 2010, Changli Gao wrote:
>> remove flags paramter of do_splice_direct().
>>
>> the flags parameter of do_splice_direct() doesn't mean non-block read of
>> in file,
>
> Actually, it does.  Look at the SPLICE_F_NONBLOCK usage in
> __generic_splice_file_read().
>

Oh, I checked the code again. You're right. However, why don't we
check the flags of in file instead in __generic_file_splice_read()?

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