[Bug 90911] About splice returning 0

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https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=90911

Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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             Status|NEW                         |RESOLVED
                 CC|                            |mtk.manpages-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org
         Resolution|---                         |CODE_FIX

--- Comment #1 from Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> ---
(In reply to Askar Safin from comment #0)
> Then, the actual truth is the following: splice returns 0 if and only if
> corresponding read would return 0, i. e. on EOF on input (and reading from
> pipe without writers is just a special case of EOF). And the sentence
> doesn't say anything about reading from files other that pipes. So, please,
> rewrite so:
> "A return value of 0 means end of input. If input is pipe then this means
> that there was no data to transfer, and it would not make sense to block,
> because there are no writers connected to the write end of the pipe referred
> to by fd_in."

So I used that text, pretty much as you gave it. Thanks!

Cheers,

Michael

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