> Date: Fri, 4 Jun 1999 15:40:31 -0400 (EDT)
> From: Alexander Viro <viro@math.psu.edu>
>
> On Fri, 4 Jun 1999, Arjan van de Ven wrote:
>
> > for modules. I need "do_generic_file_read" to build my own
> "sendfile from struct file to struct socket".
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> Put it into the main kernel and make sys_sendfile() use it - it's *MUCH*
> better than expanding the export list and duplicating code.
> No silly, he wants to provide his own read_actor_t, which is a very
> powerful concept. And the reason Linus made the structure/types there
> in the first place is that he did indeed think that allowing other
> kernel entities to use the do_generic_file_read interface directly
> might be quite useful. And it is.
Methink he wrote something slightly different.
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