Re: [PATCH 2/3] vmsplice: make vmsplice a trivial wrapper for preadv2/pwritev2

From: Askar Safin

Date: Wed Jun 03 2026 - 17:19:17 EST


Stefan Metzmacher <metze@xxxxxxxxx>:
> Why is 'int fd' changed to 'unsigned long fd'?

Because preadv2 and pwritev2 take "unsigned long". I want vmsplice
to be as similar as possible to preadv2 and pwritev2.

> Should that be its own commit if the change is desired?

Yes, possibly. But this patchset already got to next.

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Askar Safin