Re: [rfc patch 2/4] splice: remove steal from pipe_buf_operations

From: Jens Axboe
Date: Tue Jun 24 2008 - 04:02:17 EST


On Sat, Jun 21 2008, Miklos Szeredi wrote:
> From: Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@xxxxxxx>
>
> The 'steal' operation hasn't been used for some time. Remove it and
> the associated dead code. If it's needed in the future, it can always
> be easily restored.

I'd rather not just remove this, it's basically waiting for Nick to make
good on his promise to make stealing work again (he disabled it).

--
Jens Axboe

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