Re: [PATCH v13 03/12] splice: Do splice read from a buffered file without using ITER_PIPE

[David Howells]

Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> > > Also why doesn't this use init_sync_kiocb?
> > 
> > I'm not sure I want ki_flags.
> 
> Why?

I'm not sure I want ki_flags setting from f_iocb_flags I should've said.  I'm
not sure how the IOCB_* flags that I import from there will affect the
operation of the synchronous read splice.  IOCB_NOWAIT, for example, or, for
that matter, IOCB_APPEND.

David