Re: [stable] [patch 05/30] splice: fix problem introduced with inode diet

* Dave Jones ([email protected]) wrote:
> 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 <[email protected]>
>  > 
>  > 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 <[email protected]>
>  > Final solution suggested by Linus.
> 
> 2.6.18 didn't have the inode-diet patches.

Thanks, you're right, this is needless churn.  Dropping.
-chris
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