Re: [PATCH] sendfile removal



On Thu, May 31 2007, Jens Axboe wrote:
Hi,

This patch removes the ->sendfile() hook from the file_operations
structure, and replaces the sys_sendfile() mechanism to be based on
->splice_read() instead. There should be no functional changes.

Forgot to mention, that the modified kernel of course passes ltp
sendfile tests. FWIW.

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Jens Axboe

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