Re: [PATCH 09/11] splice: use get_page_for_read()

[Al Viro]

On Wed, Sep 14, 2016 at 10:37:14AM +0200, Miklos Szeredi wrote:
> What __generic_file_splice_read() does is get a series of uptodate pages
> and put them into the pipe buffer.
> 
> The get_page_for_read() helper can now be used to get the pages,
> simplifying the code and making sure the splice(2) stays in sync with
> read(2).
> 
> For example get_page_for_read() can handle partially uptodate pages and now
> splice can take advantage of these as well.

... or, better yet, kill __generic_file_splice_read() off.