linux-kernel - Re: problems with splice from /proc (was Linux 5.10-rc1)

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Message-ID: <20201027081456.GA4146@infradead.org>
Date:   Tue, 27 Oct 2020 08:14:56 +0000
From:   Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:     Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:     Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: problems with splice from /proc (was Linux 5.10-rc1)

On Tue, Oct 27, 2020 at 09:14:20AM +0100, Greg KH wrote:
> Luckily /proc/cpuinfo seems to use the seq_file interface, so this
> series would work for that.
> 
> What's the odds of this series getting into 5.10-final?  I'll go run it
> through the Android build system right now to see if it fixes the issue
> or not...

It contained a few bits people didn't like too much, and we had no
practical need for it.  I'll try to respin it to be a little more
palatable, and will update you once I have results.