linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] fs: remove ->sendpage

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Message-Id: <20200928.151734.25122613961401605.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:   Mon, 28 Sep 2020 15:17:34 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     hch@....de
Cc:     viro@...iv.linux.org.uk, kuba@...nel.org,
        linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] fs: remove ->sendpage

From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
Date: Sat, 26 Sep 2020 09:00:49 +0200

> ->sendpage is only called from generic_splice_sendpage.  The only user of
> generic_splice_sendpage is socket_file_ops, which is also the only
> instance that actually implements ->sendpage.  Remove the ->sendpage file
> operation and just open code the logic in the socket code.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>

Acked-by: David S. Miller <davem@...emloft.net>