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

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Date:   Tue, 6 Oct 2020 09:07:49 +0200
From:   Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
To:     David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:     hch@....de, 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

On Mon, Sep 28, 2020 at 03:17:34PM -0700, David Miller wrote:
> 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>

Al, can you pick this up?  Or give your ACK so that Dave can pick it up?