Re: [intel-sgx-kernel-dev] [PATCH v4 06/12] fs/pipe.c: export create_pipe_files() and replace_fd()

Subject: Re: [intel-sgx-kernel-dev] [PATCH v4 06/12] fs/pipe.c: export create_pipe_files() and replace_fd()
From: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2017 07:32:42 -0700
Cc: viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, intel-sgx-kernel-dev@xxxxxxxxxxxx, platform-driver-x86@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
In-reply-to: <20171020101436.wyeqwle5lnj425lz@linux.intel.com>
References: <20171016191855.16964-1-jarkko.sakkinen@linux.intel.com> <20171016191855.16964-7-jarkko.sakkinen@linux.intel.com> <20171019080617.GA13601@infradead.org> <20171019123616.2cxu74oacerz2ljv@linux.intel.com> <20171019145534.GA17068@infradead.org> <20171020101436.wyeqwle5lnj425lz@linux.intel.com>
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I've always been curious, and the changelog and thread are curiously
oblique on this topic: what the heck does this driver use pipes *for*?

Follow-Ups:
- Re: [intel-sgx-kernel-dev] [PATCH v4 06/12] fs/pipe.c: export create_pipe_files() and replace_fd()
  - From: Jarkko Sakkinen

References:
- [PATCH v4 00/12] Intel(R) SGX Driver
  - From: Jarkko Sakkinen
- [PATCH v4 06/12] fs/pipe.c: export create_pipe_files() and replace_fd()
  - From: Jarkko Sakkinen
- Re: [PATCH v4 06/12] fs/pipe.c: export create_pipe_files() and replace_fd()
  - From: Christoph Hellwig
- Re: [PATCH v4 06/12] fs/pipe.c: export create_pipe_files() and replace_fd()
  - From: Jarkko Sakkinen
- Re: [PATCH v4 06/12] fs/pipe.c: export create_pipe_files() and replace_fd()
  - From: Christoph Hellwig
- Re: [PATCH v4 06/12] fs/pipe.c: export create_pipe_files() and replace_fd()
  - From: Jarkko Sakkinen