Re: [PATCH] char/mem: only use {read,write}_iter, not the old {read,write} functions

From: Al Viro
Date: Fri May 20 2022 - 11:09:25 EST


On Fri, May 20, 2022 at 03:50:30PM +0200, Jason A. Donenfeld wrote:
> Currently mem.c implements both the {read,write}_iter functions and the
> {read,write} functions. But with {read,write} going away at some point
> in the future,

Not likely to happen, unfortunately.

> and most kernel code made to prefer {read,write}_iter,
> there's no point in keeping around the old code.

Profile and you'll see ;-/