Re: [patch 5/6] splice: remove generic_file_splice_write_nolock()

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Miklos Szeredi wrote:
> Remove the now unused generic_file_splice_write_nolock() function.
> It's conceptually broken anyway, because splice may need to wait for
> pipe events so holding locks across the whole operation is wrong.

Did the conceptual brokenness affect userspace behaviour of
splice/sendfile at all?

Thanks,
-- Jamie
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