Re: 2.6.13-mm1

[Andrew Morton]

Benjamin LaHaise <bcrl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Thu, Sep 01, 2005 at 03:55:42AM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
> >  Dropped (I have it in a new AIO patch series but I took yet another look at
> >  all the AIO stuff and felt queasy)
> 
> What's the nature of the queasiness?  Is it something that can be addressed 
> by rewriting the patches, or just general worries about adding another 
> feature?  The status quo is not acceptable.
> 

Cons:

- Additional arguments to various fastpath functions

- Additional code size

- Additional code complexity

- Significantly degrades collective understanding of how the VFS works.

Pros:

- Unclear.

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