Re: [PATCH v21 18/30] ext4: Provide a splice-read stub

To: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v21 18/30] ext4: Provide a splice-read stub
From: David Howells <dhowells@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 20 May 2023 08:21:44 +0100
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Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Not sure I'd call this a stub, but then again I'm not a native speaker.

"Wrapper"?

David

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- Re: [PATCH v21 18/30] ext4: Provide a splice-read stub
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- [PATCH v21 00/30] splice: Kill ITER_PIPE
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- [PATCH v21 18/30] ext4: Provide a splice-read stub
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