Re: [PATCH] splice support #2

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* Jens Axboe <[email protected]> wrote:

> > I agree with the purpose of making sys_splice() generic and in 
> > particular usable in scripts/shells where pipes are commonly used, but 
> > we should also fulfill the original promise (outlined 15 years ago or 
> > so) and not limit this to pipes. That way i could improve TUX to make 
> > use of it for example ;)
> 
> There's absolutely no reason why we can't add fd -> fd splicing as 
> well, so no worries. Right now we just require a pipe transport. It's 
> extendable :-)

ok :) I think this code should be merged into v2.6.17 - it's very clean 
and unintrusive.

	Ingo
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