On Thu, 2019-08-01 at 19:38 -0300, Leonardo Bras wrote:
> Since commit 485ddb4b9741 ("1/2 splice: dont steal")' (2007),
> the SPLICE_F_MOVE support was removed (became a no-op according
> to man pages), and thus disabling steal operation that would make
> moving pages possible.
>
> This fixes the comment, making clear pages are not moved.
>
> Signed-off-by: Leonardo Bras <leonardo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> fs/splice.c | 3 +--
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/fs/splice.c b/fs/splice.c
> index 14cb602d9a2f..0ba151c40cef 100644
> --- a/fs/splice.c
> +++ b/fs/splice.c
> @@ -671,8 +671,7 @@ ssize_t splice_from_pipe(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe, struct file *out,
> * @flags: splice modifier flags
> *
> * Description:
> - * Will either move or copy pages (determined by @flags options) from
> - * the given pipe inode to the given file.
> + * Will copy pages from the given pipe inode to the given file.
> * This one is ->write_iter-based.
> *
> */
Could you give any feedback on this patch?
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