Re: copy on write for splice() from file to pipe?

From: Linus Torvalds
Date: Sat Feb 11 2023 - 13:58:21 EST


On Sat, Feb 11, 2023 at 7:33 AM Jens Axboe <axboe@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> OK, but then the ignore_sig change should not be needed at all, just
> changing that first bit to fatal_signal_pending() would do the trick?

Right. That was my point. The 'ignore_sig' flag just doesn't make
sense. It was a hack for a case that shouldn't exist.

Linus