> "More annoying" is not a great argument, though. You're basically saying > "please complicate your code so I don't have to complicate mine". And > since kernel API is essentially frozen forever, adding more of them > carries a pretty high cost, which is why kernel developers tend not to > be easily swayed by convenience arguments (if all you want is a more > convenient API, just build one on top of the kernel primitives and wrap > it into a library). I was trying to make a fair comparison from the user's perspective between having to allocate huge pages and deal with discontiguous buffers. That was all. I think the "your code" distinction is a bit harsh. The kernel is a community project. Why isn't it "our" code? I am trying to add a feature that I think is generally useful to people. The kernel only exists to serve its users. I believe I am doing more good than harm sending these patches.
