Re: [PATCH] splice support #2

[Pavel Machek]

Hi!

> We should extend the userspace API so that it is prepared to receive 
> 'excess data' via a separate 'flush excess data to' file descriptor:
> 
> 	sys_splice(fd_in, fd_out, fd_flush, size,
>                    max_flush_size, *bytes_flushed)

I still see problems with error handling here. You get -EIO to
userspace. How do you know if it is error reading fd_in, or error
writing fd_out?
								Pavel
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