On Fri, Mar 31 2006, Linus Torvalds wrote:
>
>
> On Fri, 31 Mar 2006, Jens Axboe wrote:
> > >
> > > ssize_t psplice(int fdin, int fdout, size_t len, off_t ofs, unsigned flags);
> >
> > I definitely see some valid reasons for adding a file offset instead of
> > using ->f_pos, I'll leave that decision up to Linus though. Linus?
>
> I think a file offset is fine, the one thing holding me back was just the
> interface. One file offset per fd? Or just have the rule that the file
> offset is for the "non-pipe" device?
Intuitively, I'd expect the offset to be tied to the non-pipe if I were
to eg see this for the first time. So my vote would go for that.
--
Jens Axboe
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