Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 20 May 2022 08:02:44 +0200 | From | Christoph Hellwig <> | Subject | Re: [PATCHSET 0/2] Fix splice from random/urandom |
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On Thu, May 19, 2022 at 01:55:26PM -0600, Jens Axboe wrote: > I'm a bit torn on this one, because I _really_ want us to get rid of > read/write and make everything use read_iter/write_iter. Firstly because > it's really stupid to have two interfaces, and secondly because even > basic things like "can we block here" doesn't work in the older > interface without fiddling with file flags which is a non-starter for > certain things.
Converting everything was my initial plan, but Linus said no and just fix whatever breaks. And compared to my initial fears the fallout actually isn't that bad.
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