Re: 2.6.13-mm1

Andrew Morton
2005-09-02T20:59:57Z

Benjamin LaHaise <bcrl@linux.intel.com> wrote:
>
> On Thu, Sep 01, 2005 at 03:55:42AM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
> > Dropped (I have it in a new AIO patch series but I took yet another look at
> > all the AIO stuff and felt queasy)
>
> What's the nature of the queasiness? Is it something that can be addressed
> by rewriting the patches, or just general worries about adding another
> feature? The status quo is not acceptable.
>

Cons:

- Additional arguments to various fastpath functions

- Additional code size

- Additional code complexity

- Significantly degrades collective understanding of how the VFS works.

Pros:

- Unclear.