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[xfs-masters] Re: [PATCH -mm 2/10][RFC] aio: net use struct socket for i

To: Nate Diller <nate@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [xfs-masters] Re: [PATCH -mm 2/10][RFC] aio: net use struct socket for io
From: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@xxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2007 21:44:27 -0800
Cc: Nate Diller <nate.diller@xxxxxxxxx>, Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxx>, Alan Cox <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@xxxxxxxxxx>, Benjamin LaHaise <bcrl@xxxxxxxxx>, Alexander Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Suparna Bhattacharya <suparna@xxxxxxxxxx>, Kenneth W Chen <kenneth.w.chen@xxxxxxxxx>, David Brownell <dbrownell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, linux-fsdevel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, netdev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, ocfs2-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx, linux-aio@xxxxxxxxx, xfs-masters@xxxxxxxxxxx
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On Mon, 15 Jan 2007 17:54:50 -0800
Nate Diller <nate@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Remove unused arg from socket operations
> 
> The sendmsg and recvmsg socket operations take a kiocb pointer, but none of
> the functions actually use it.  There's really no need even theoretically,
> it's really quite ugly having it there at all.  Also, removing it will pave
> the way for a more generic completion path in the file_operations.
> 
> ---

Would getting rid of these make later implementation of AIO networking
harder?


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