[RFC] unifying write variants for filesystems

[Al Viro]

On Tue, Feb 04, 2014 at 10:33:56AM -0800, Zach Brown wrote:
> > > > BTW, folks, any suggestions about the name of that "memory stream" thing?
> > > > struct iov_iter really implies iterator for iovec and more generic name
> > > > would probably be better...  struct mem_stream would probably do if nobody
> > > > comes up with better variant, but it's long and somewhat clumsy...
> > > 
> > > I don't like 'stream'.  To me that sounds more strictly advancing than I
> > > think this'd be capable of.  Maybe something dirt simple like 'mem_vec'?
> > > With 'mvec_' call prefixes?
> > 
> > Umm...  Frankly, I would rather discourage attempts to read the same data
> > twice, if only on the naming level...
> 
> Ahh, OK, sure.  mem_iter?

Works for me...  Any other suggestions/objections/etc.?