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Date:   Fri, 20 May 2022 08:02:44 +0200
From:   Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
To:     Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
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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.