Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [patch v3] splice: fix race with page invalidation | From | Miklos Szeredi <> | Date | Wed, 30 Jul 2008 20:43:52 +0200 |
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> On Wed, 30 Jul 2008, Jens Axboe wrote: > > You snipped the part where Linus objected to dismissing the async > > nature, I fully agree with that part.
And also note in what Nick said in the referenced mail: it would be nice if someone actually _cared_ about the async nature. The fact that it has been broken from the start, and nobody noticed is a strong hint that currently there isn't anybody who does.
Maybe fuse will be the first one to actually care, and then I'll bother with putting a lot of effort into it. But until someone cares, nobody will bother, and that's how it should be. That's very much in line with the evoultionary nature of kernel developments: unused features will just get broken and eventually removed.
Miklos
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