Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932152AbWC3Mkg (ORCPT ); Thu, 30 Mar 2006 07:40:36 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932153AbWC3Mkg (ORCPT ); Thu, 30 Mar 2006 07:40:36 -0500 Received: from mx2.mail.elte.hu ([157.181.151.9]:19333 "EHLO mx2.mail.elte.hu") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932152AbWC3Mkf (ORCPT ); Thu, 30 Mar 2006 07:40:35 -0500 Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2006 14:38:05 +0200 From: Ingo Molnar To: Jens Axboe Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, akpm@osdl.org, torvalds@osdl.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] splice support #2 Message-ID: <20060330123805.GA18726@elte.hu> References: <20060330100630.GT13476@suse.de> <20060330120055.GA10402@elte.hu> <20060330120512.GX13476@suse.de> <20060330121030.GA14621@elte.hu> <20060330121638.GA13476@suse.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20060330121638.GA13476@suse.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i X-ELTE-SpamScore: -2.6 X-ELTE-SpamLevel: X-ELTE-SpamCheck: no X-ELTE-SpamVersion: ELTE 2.0 X-ELTE-SpamCheck-Details: score=-2.6 required=5.9 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,AWL,BAYES_50 autolearn=no SpamAssassin version=3.0.3 -3.3 ALL_TRUSTED Did not pass through any untrusted hosts 0.0 BAYES_50 BODY: Bayesian spam probability is 40 to 60% [score: 0.5000] 0.7 AWL AWL: From: address is in the auto white-list X-ELTE-VirusStatus: clean Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 866 Lines: 22 * Jens Axboe wrote: > > I agree with the purpose of making sys_splice() generic and in > > particular usable in scripts/shells where pipes are commonly used, but > > we should also fulfill the original promise (outlined 15 years ago or > > so) and not limit this to pipes. That way i could improve TUX to make > > use of it for example ;) > > There's absolutely no reason why we can't add fd -> fd splicing as > well, so no worries. Right now we just require a pipe transport. It's > extendable :-) ok :) I think this code should be merged into v2.6.17 - it's very clean and unintrusive. Ingo - 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/