linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] splice: sendfile() at once fails for big files

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Message-ID: <20150506043451.GA9130@infradead.org>
Date:	Tue, 5 May 2015 21:34:51 -0700
From:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>,
	Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>,
	Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@....fr>,
	Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-fsdevel <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linux Crypto Mailing List <linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] splice: sendfile() at once fails for big files

On Tue, May 05, 2015 at 08:41:05PM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> Jens, ping?
> 
> The test results should make this a no-brainer, but I hate how random
> these flag ops.

Not Jens here, but:

 (a) the patch looks correct, we do want to set the more flag if there
     is more data
 (b) I think  the AF_ALG model is totally broken if it relies on that
     for data integrity purposes.
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