Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 1 Feb 2001 16:16:15 +0000 | From | "Stephen C. Tweedie" <> | Subject | Re: [Kiobuf-io-devel] RFC: Kernel mechanism: Compound event wait /notify + callback chains |
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Hi,
On Thu, Feb 01, 2001 at 04:09:53PM +0100, Christoph Hellwig wrote: > On Thu, Feb 01, 2001 at 08:14:58PM +0530, bsuparna@in.ibm.com wrote: > > > > That would require the vfs interfaces themselves (address space > > readpage/writepage ops) to take kiobufs as arguments, instead of struct > > page * . That's not the case right now, is it ? > > No, and with the current kiobufs it would not make sense, because they > are to heavy-weight.
Really? In what way?
> With page,length,offsett iobufs this makes sense > and is IMHO the way to go.
What, you mean adding *extra* stuff to the heavyweight kiobuf makes it lean enough to do the job??
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