linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/7] IB/hfi1: Remove write() and use ioctl() for user access

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Message-ID: <20160415232800.GA32513@rhel>
Date:	Fri, 15 Apr 2016 19:28:01 -0400
From:	Ira Weiny <ira.weiny@...el.com>
To:	Leon Romanovsky <leon@...n.nu>
Cc:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
	Jason Gunthorpe <jgunthorpe@...idianresearch.com>,
	Dennis Dalessandro <dennis.dalessandro@...el.com>,
	dledford@...hat.com, linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, torvalds@...ux-foundation.org,
	viro@...iv.linux.org.uk, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/7] IB/hfi1: Remove write() and use ioctl() for user
 access

On Sat, Apr 16, 2016 at 12:23:28AM +0300, Leon Romanovsky wrote:

> 
> Intel as usual decided to do it in their way and the result is presented
> on this mailing list.

Excuse me, but this statement is completely unfair.  We were specifically asked
by Al and Linus to fix our char device with regards to the write/writev
inconsistency.

https://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-rdma/msg34451.html

Which is _exactly_ what this patch series does.

Do you have a technical reason that this patch series does not fix the
write/writev issue brought up by Al?

Ira