Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1758035AbZIOGow (ORCPT ); Tue, 15 Sep 2009 02:44:52 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1756821AbZIOGoq (ORCPT ); Tue, 15 Sep 2009 02:44:46 -0400 Received: from fxip-0047f.externet.hu ([88.209.222.127]:34549 "EHLO pomaz-ex.szeredi.hu" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756829AbZIOGoq (ORCPT ); Tue, 15 Sep 2009 02:44:46 -0400 To: torvalds@linux-foundation.org CC: Joel.Becker@oracle.com, mfasheh@suse.com, akpm@linux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, ocfs2-devel@oss.oracle.com In-reply-to: (message from Linus Torvalds on Mon, 14 Sep 2009 14:32:36 -0700 (PDT)) Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] ocfs2 changes for 2.6.32 References: <20090911200458.GA15416@mail.oracle.com> Message-Id: From: Miklos Szeredi Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2009 08:44:36 +0200 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 680 Lines: 18 On Mon, 14 Sep 2009, Linus Torvalds wrote: > Are we going to add 'freflink[at]()' at some point? We already have an interface for "freflink()" called splice(). Splice has all the arguments needed to implement refcounted data copies and more. Yes, splice's name implies more of a "piecing data together" type of operation, but we can look at reflink() or copyfile() as just "splice one big piece from here to there". Thanks, Miklos -- 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/