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Message-ID: <cfd18e0f0901160853v4cf76602g4ab389dc30a5a225@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2009 05:53:28 +1300
From: "Michael Kerrisk" <mtk.manpages@googlemail.com>
Reply-To: mtk.manpages@gmail.com
To: "Gerd Hoffmann" <kraxel@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 0/5] Add preadv & pwritev system calls.
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Gerd,

On Sat, Jan 17, 2009 at 5:45 AM, Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@redhat.com> wrote:
>  Hi folks,
>
> Next round of the preadv & pwritev patch series.

Have you somewhere along the way posted some userland example/test
programs for these syscalls?  If not, could you provide some?

Cheers,

Michael

> Had no review comments
> to fix.  That means it is ready to be merged, right?
>
> Changes:
>  - compat_sys_{read,write}v bugfix patch dropped (merged).
>  - rebase to latest git, adapt to CVE-2009-0029 changes.
>
> How to proceed now?  Is there a syscall maintainer where I could queue
> up the patches?  If not, anyone (akpm?) willng to pick this up?  Should
> I try to send to Linus directly?
>
> What is the usual way to handle the arch-specific syscall windup?  I'd
> prefer to leave that to the arch maintainers as they know best what
> needs to be done, is that ok?  Right now only x86 (/me) and mips (patch
> from Ralf Baechle) is covered ...
>
> cheers,
>  Gerd
>
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