linux-kernel - Re: [git pull] iov

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Date:   Fri, 10 Sep 2021 11:26:14 -0600
From:   Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>
To:     Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
Cc:     Pavel Begunkov <asml.silence@...il.com>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-fsdevel <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [git pull] iov_iter fixes

On 9/10/21 10:58 AM, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 10, 2021 at 9:56 AM Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk> wrote:
>>
>> What's the point of all those contortions, anyway?  You only need it for
>> iovec case; don't mix doing that and turning it into flavour-independent
>> primitive.
> 
> Good point, making it specific to iovec only gets rid of a lot of
> special cases and worries.
> 
> This is fairly specialized, no need to always cater to every possible case.

Alright, split into three patches:

https://git.kernel.dk/cgit/linux-block/log/?h=iov_iter

If this looks reasonable (Al/Linus), then I'll send it out officially with
git send-email as well.

-- 
Jens Axboe