Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1161013AbVIBU75 (ORCPT ); Fri, 2 Sep 2005 16:59:57 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1161025AbVIBU7i (ORCPT ); Fri, 2 Sep 2005 16:59:38 -0400 Received: from smtp.osdl.org ([65.172.181.4]:15276 "EHLO smtp.osdl.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1161013AbVIBU7P (ORCPT ); Fri, 2 Sep 2005 16:59:15 -0400 Date: Fri, 2 Sep 2005 13:57:35 -0700 From: Andrew Morton To: Benjamin LaHaise Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: 2.6.13-mm1 Message-Id: <20050902135735.5862e97b.akpm@osdl.org> In-Reply-To: <20050902135701.GA4470@linux.intel.com> References: <20050901035542.1c621af6.akpm@osdl.org> <20050902135701.GA4470@linux.intel.com> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 1.0.4 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-redhat-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 892 Lines: 30 Benjamin LaHaise wrote: > > On Thu, Sep 01, 2005 at 03:55:42AM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote: > > Dropped (I have it in a new AIO patch series but I took yet another look at > > all the AIO stuff and felt queasy) > > What's the nature of the queasiness? Is it something that can be addressed > by rewriting the patches, or just general worries about adding another > feature? The status quo is not acceptable. > Cons: - Additional arguments to various fastpath functions - Additional code size - Additional code complexity - Significantly degrades collective understanding of how the VFS works. Pros: - Unclear. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/