Re: [patch 1/3] fs: add an iovec iterator

Hi Nick,

On Thu, Feb 08, 2007 at 02:07:24PM +0100, Nick Piggin wrote:
> Add an iterator data structure to operate over an iovec. Add usercopy
> operators needed by generic_file_buffered_write, and convert that function
> over.

I really like this iterator structure - it brings together some fields that
seem to get passed around seperately, even though they're linked.

Also IMHO, it makes things in filemap.c easer to read...
	--Mark

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