Re: [patch v3] splice: fix race with page invalidation

Miklos Szeredi
2008-07-30T18:45:11Z

> On Wed, 30 Jul 2008, Jens Axboe wrote:
> > You snipped the part where Linus objected to dismissing the async
> > nature, I fully agree with that part.

And also note in what Nick said in the referenced mail: it would be
nice if someone actually _cared_ about the async nature. The fact
that it has been broken from the start, and nobody noticed is a strong
hint that currently there isn't anybody who does.

Maybe fuse will be the first one to actually care, and then I'll
bother with putting a lot of effort into it. But until someone cares,
nobody will bother, and that's how it should be. That's very much in
line with the evoultionary nature of kernel developments: unused
features will just get broken and eventually removed.

Miklos