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Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/7] cifs: Use iov_iters down to the network transport
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To:     David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>,
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On 5/25/2022 10:26 AM, David Howells wrote:> There's also a couple of 
changes in patch 7 from Namjae Jeon to make
> soft-iWarp work.  Feel free to discard that patch if you get a better version
> from him.

I think we should send that patch directly, and not include it
here. I actually have some comments/suggestions on it, and the
client sge handling, which I'd like to discuss separately.

It's fine to keep it here temporarily, but it should be dropped
once this series moves forward.

Tom.