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Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2008 13:59:20 +0200
From: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
To: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
Cc: Remi Machet <rmachet@slac.stanford.edu>,
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Subject: Re: SPLICE_F_MOVE
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On Tue, Sep 23 2008, Michael Kerrisk wrote:
> [CC+=Jens, who should be able to help]
> 
> On 9/23/08, Remi Machet <rmachet@slac.stanford.edu> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> >  Does anyone know if SPLICE_F_MOVE is obsolete or still in use ?
> >
> >  The documentation says that the flag should be used to tell splice not
> >  to copy the data when moving data to/from a pipe, but I cannot find
> >  anywhere in the kernel where this flag is being used or checked for.

It's not currently used, it got yanked and is waiting for a replacement
implementation.

-- 
Jens Axboe