Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1760954AbXEaKsd (ORCPT ); Thu, 31 May 2007 06:48:33 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1758848AbXEaKsY (ORCPT ); Thu, 31 May 2007 06:48:24 -0400 Received: from brick.kernel.dk ([80.160.20.94]:6215 "EHLO kernel.dk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1758671AbXEaKsX (ORCPT ); Thu, 31 May 2007 06:48:23 -0400 Date: Thu, 31 May 2007 12:47:23 +0200 From: Jens Axboe To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Cc: cotte@de.ibm.com, hugh@veritas.com, neilb@suse.de, zanussi@us.ibm.com, Linus Torvalds , hch@infradead.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] sendfile removal Message-ID: <20070531104722.GP32105@kernel.dk> References: <20070531103316.GO32105@kernel.dk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20070531103316.GO32105@kernel.dk> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 601 Lines: 18 On Thu, May 31 2007, Jens Axboe wrote: > Hi, > > This patch removes the ->sendfile() hook from the file_operations > structure, and replaces the sys_sendfile() mechanism to be based on > ->splice_read() instead. There should be no functional changes. Forgot to mention, that the modified kernel of course passes ltp sendfile tests. FWIW. -- Jens Axboe - 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/