Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1424419AbWKQCy1 (ORCPT ); Thu, 16 Nov 2006 21:54:27 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1424752AbWKQCy1 (ORCPT ); Thu, 16 Nov 2006 21:54:27 -0500 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([66.187.233.31]:50604 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1424419AbWKQCy0 (ORCPT ); Thu, 16 Nov 2006 21:54:26 -0500 Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2006 21:52:53 -0500 From: Dave Jones To: Chris Wright Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, stable@kernel.org, Justin Forbes , Zwane Mwaikambo , "Theodore Ts'o" , Randy Dunlap , Chuck Wolber , Chris Wedgwood , Michael Krufky , torvalds@osdl.org, akpm@osdl.org, alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk, Jens Axboe Subject: Re: [patch 05/30] splice: fix problem introduced with inode diet Message-ID: <20061117025253.GT3983@redhat.com> Mail-Followup-To: Dave Jones , Chris Wright , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, stable@kernel.org, Justin Forbes , Zwane Mwaikambo , Theodore Ts'o , Randy Dunlap , Chuck Wolber , Chris Wedgwood , Michael Krufky , torvalds@osdl.org, akpm@osdl.org, alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk, Jens Axboe References: <20061116024332.124753000@sous-sol.org> <20061116024450.158521000@sous-sol.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20061116024450.158521000@sous-sol.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.2i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 920 Lines: 27 On Wed, Nov 15, 2006 at 06:43:37PM -0800, Chris Wright wrote: > -stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let us know. > ------------------ > > From: Jens Axboe > > After the inode slimming patch that unionised i_pipe/i_bdev/i_cdev, it's > no longer enough to check for existance of ->i_pipe to verify that this > is a pipe. > > Original patch from Eric Dumazet > Final solution suggested by Linus. 2.6.18 didn't have the inode-diet patches. [sidenote for the interested: they were in the Fedora 2.6.18 kernel, but I picked this patch up already there] Dave -- http://www.codemonkey.org.uk - 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/