On Tue, 12 Jun 2007 14:44:50 +0200 Jens Axboe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> splice
btw, I'm staring in profound mystification at this:
int generic_pipe_buf_steal(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe,
struct pipe_buffer *buf)
{
struct page *page = buf->page;
if (page_count(page) == 1) {
lock_page(page);
return 0;
}
return 1;
}
afacit that `if page_count(page)' test could be replaced by
`if today_is_tuesday()'. But then I don't have the foggiest idea
what it's trying to do.
It would be nice to get some comments in and around here.
Also, I was trying to work out the role and responsibility of the ->pin
callback, and gave up.
There isn't a lot of point in explaining this over email - one should be
able to gain an understanding of these things by reading the code. I think
the best way of tackling this would be to comprehensively document
pipe_buf_operations and pipe_inode_info, please...
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