Re: [PATCH 2/4] Remove readv/writev methods and use aio_read/aio_write instead

From: Christoph Hellwig
Date: Mon May 22 2006 - 06:32:40 EST


On Mon, May 22, 2006 at 02:35:19AM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
> The loop driver plays with file_operations.write() also. The code should
> be reviewed and tested against filesystems which use LO_FLAGS_USE_AOPS as
> well as against those which do not, please.

The LO_FLAGS_USE_AOPS stuff is broken, please drop it from -mm. I
explained to the RedHAt guy in detail on how to get it right.

That beeing said the bu isn't autofs using ->write directly which is
done in a lot of places but the pipe code not setting it to
do_sync_write.
-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/