How useful should copy_file_range() be?
How useful should copy_file_range() be?
Posted Feb 23, 2021 19:02 UTC (Tue) by jsmith45 (guest, #125263)In reply to: How useful should copy_file_range() be? by markh
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Very true. The problem is that there is almost certainly a bunch of programs out there that will break if the file types of /proc pseudofiles changes to be anything but a normal file.
Posted Feb 25, 2021 11:12 UTC (Thu)
by zuzzurro (subscriber, #61118)
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How useful should copy_file_range() be?
Given the amount of confusion that is visible in the thread where kernel programmers are trying to find the best way to fix this I find it sad that people have tried to just throw the issue off to the userland.