Re: [RFC][PATCH] iov_iter: Add extraction functions

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Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> How is it better than "iov_iter_get_pages2() into a fixed-sized
> array and handle the result" done in a loop?

I did that first - and you objected on the basis that I shouldn't be taking
page refs if it's not necessary, and under some circumstances some of the
pages pointed to by the iterator might not be something that I should attempt
to take a ref on.

David




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