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From: Christoph Hellwig <hch-wEGCiKHe2LqWVfeAwA7xHQ@public.gmane.org>
To: Pavel Shilovsky <piastryyy-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
Cc: linux-cifs-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/6] CIFS: Make read call work with strict cache mode (try #2)
Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2010 02:35:55 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20101129073555.GA4573@infradead.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1290931972-2770-3-git-send-email-piastryyy-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>


Your patch arbitrarily shortens the read to the first vector.  While
short reads for regular files are fine with Posix, it will break a lot
of userspace applications.

  parent reply	other threads:[~2010-11-29  7:35 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 33+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-11-28  8:12 [PATCH 0/6] Add strict cache mode (try #4) Pavel Shilovsky
     [not found] ` <1290931972-2770-1-git-send-email-piastryyy-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2010-11-28  8:12   ` [PATCH 1/6] CIFS: Make cifsFileInfo_put work with " Pavel Shilovsky
     [not found]     ` <1290931972-2770-2-git-send-email-piastryyy-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2010-11-28 11:23       ` Jeff Layton
2010-11-28  8:12   ` [PATCH 2/6] CIFS: Make read call work with strict cache mode (try #2) Pavel Shilovsky
     [not found]     ` <1290931972-2770-3-git-send-email-piastryyy-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2010-11-28 11:28       ` Jeff Layton
2010-11-29  7:35       ` Christoph Hellwig [this message]
     [not found]         ` <20101129073555.GA4573-wEGCiKHe2LqWVfeAwA7xHQ@public.gmane.org>
2010-11-29 10:41           ` Pavel Shilovsky
     [not found]             ` <AANLkTimcVhP10LSn5+F+AY+ppnrhKmp_VCsjkKf04cQr-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2010-11-29 11:34               ` Pavel Shilovsky
2010-11-29 11:56               ` Jeff Layton
2010-11-28  8:12   ` [PATCH 3/6] CIFS: Make write " Pavel Shilovsky
     [not found]     ` <1290931972-2770-4-git-send-email-piastryyy-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2010-11-28 11:36       ` Jeff Layton
     [not found]         ` <20101128063604.7d9cdded-9yPaYZwiELC+kQycOl6kW4xkIHaj4LzF@public.gmane.org>
2010-11-28 11:51           ` Jeff Layton
     [not found]             ` <20101128065100.51c8a404-9yPaYZwiELC+kQycOl6kW4xkIHaj4LzF@public.gmane.org>
2010-11-29 10:58               ` Pavel Shilovsky
     [not found]                 ` <AANLkTimO9t_wXPZRWXx856-wkG-EwRWTizrCKSo4e2SY-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2010-11-29 11:37                   ` Jeff Layton
     [not found]                     ` <20101129063713.0b71ac09-9yPaYZwiELC+kQycOl6kW4xkIHaj4LzF@public.gmane.org>
2010-11-29 11:55                       ` Pavel Shilovsky
2010-11-29 12:13                       ` Suresh Jayaraman
     [not found]                         ` <4CF39901.3010108-l3A5Bk7waGM@public.gmane.org>
2010-11-29 12:16                           ` Pavel Shilovsky
2010-11-29 12:26                           ` Pavel Shilovsky
     [not found]                             ` <AANLkTimvA08MT5gcy=h_w6UtcTgyvos4X4x+KUTVbM8u-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2010-11-29 16:24                               ` Suresh Jayaraman
     [not found]                                 ` <4CF3D3D9.3060500-l3A5Bk7waGM@public.gmane.org>
2010-11-29 17:08                                   ` Pavel Shilovsky
     [not found]                                     ` <AANLkTikB6_nwg+G+pYv9NNeohHPwymjUkv3r-mJkZBxW-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2010-12-01  9:46                                       ` Suresh Jayaraman
     [not found]                                         ` <4CF61979.5080505-l3A5Bk7waGM@public.gmane.org>
2010-12-01 16:39                                           ` Pavel Shilovsky
     [not found]                                             ` <AANLkTik1AC5YJV_CtihSobE1mgj1-7tuiBLf7_nDsiv2-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2010-12-06 11:50                                               ` Suresh Jayaraman
     [not found]                                                 ` <4CFCCE17.2010108-l3A5Bk7waGM@public.gmane.org>
2010-12-06 17:55                                                   ` Pavel Shilovsky
2010-11-28  8:12   ` [PATCH 4/6] CIFS: Make cifs_fsync " Pavel Shilovsky
     [not found]     ` <1290931972-2770-5-git-send-email-piastryyy-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2010-11-28 11:42       ` Jeff Layton
     [not found]         ` <20101128064219.7ca2274c-9yPaYZwiELC+kQycOl6kW4xkIHaj4LzF@public.gmane.org>
2010-11-28 11:52           ` Jeff Layton
2010-11-28  8:12   ` [PATCH 5/6] CIFS: Make cifs_file_map " Pavel Shilovsky
2010-11-28  8:12   ` [PATCH 6/6] CIFS: Add strictcache mount option " Pavel Shilovsky
2010-11-29 10:54   ` [PATCH 0/6] Add strict cache mode (try #4) Suresh Jayaraman
     [not found]     ` <4CF3864E.50901-l3A5Bk7waGM@public.gmane.org>
2010-11-29 11:00       ` Pavel Shilovsky
     [not found]         ` <AANLkTinLbS7V=Ok_Eje=mnrBOkZEJJo9iQ9SYwHsbsag-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2010-11-29 12:15           ` Suresh Jayaraman
     [not found]             ` <4CF3995C.4080709-l3A5Bk7waGM@public.gmane.org>
2010-11-29 12:22               ` Pavel Shilovsky

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