Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 16 Nov 2006 21:52:53 -0500 | From | Dave Jones <> | Subject | Re: [patch 05/30] splice: fix problem introduced with inode diet |
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On Wed, Nov 15, 2006 at 06:43:37PM -0800, Chris Wright wrote: > -stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let us know. > ------------------ > > From: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com> > > After the inode slimming patch that unionised i_pipe/i_bdev/i_cdev, it's > no longer enough to check for existance of ->i_pipe to verify that this > is a pipe. > > Original patch from Eric Dumazet <dada1@cosmosbay.com> > Final solution suggested by Linus.
2.6.18 didn't have the inode-diet patches.
[sidenote for the interested: they were in the Fedora 2.6.18 kernel, but I picked this patch up already there]
Dave
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