Re: [git pull] vfs.git pile 3: splice-related bits and pieces

[Linus Torvalds]

On Mon, May 1, 2017 at 3:39 PM, Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>         Those actually missed the last cycle; the branch itself is
> from last December.
>
> Al Viro (4):
>       splice/tee/vmsplice: validate flags

I'm not convinced every user does this right, and this might break
some splice-using app.

But with splice() being so special and unusual, I'm willing to at
least try it. But if somebody reports that something does break, this
gets reverted.

                 Linus