linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] tools/perf/util: Document and clean up readn() a bit

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Message-ID: <52960D71.7010107@gmail.com>
Date:	Wed, 27 Nov 2013 08:19:13 -0700
From:	David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
	Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...el.com>
CC:	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...stprotocols.net>,
	Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>,
	Mike Galbraith <efault@....de>,
	Stephane Eranian <eranian@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] tools/perf/util: Document and clean up readn() a bit

On 11/27/13, 4:57 AM, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> Okay, I thought this was an intentional 'all or nothing' interface -
> but looking at the readn() users they can tolerate partial results
> just fine.

I believe that is the intent -- an all or nothing interface.

David
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