Re: [PATCH next] fs/splice: iter_to_pipe -- Use PIPE_DEF_BUFFERS instead of hardcoded number

From: Cyrill Gorcunov
Date: Wed Jan 30 2019 - 10:48:58 EST


On Wed, Jan 30, 2019 at 03:42:45PM +0000, Al Viro wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 30, 2019 at 06:39:11PM +0300, Cyrill Gorcunov wrote:
> > And use ARRAY_SIZE for easier code modification if we ever need in future.
>
> Umm... Why PIPE_DEF_BUFFERS, though? Because it's a constant from more or
> less the same area that happens to be equal to the value we use here?

Yes. Since plain 16 value completely unclear where it comes from. I looked
into your commit which made this change and seems previously we've had this
constant related (79fddc4efd5d4de5cf210fe5ecf4d2734140849a). Am I wrong?