Re: [PATCH v14 01/12] splice: Fix O_DIRECT file read splice to avoid reversion of ITER_PIPE

From: Christoph Hellwig
Date: Wed Feb 15 2023 - 09:25:12 EST


On Wed, Feb 15, 2023 at 01:17:56PM +0000, David Howells wrote:
> Probably not, but I don't want to fiddle with that right now. I can send a
> follow up patch for it.

Honestly, I think this rush for 6.3 inclusion is a really bad idea.

This series fundamentally changes how splice reads work, and has only
been out for about a week. It hasn't even been Cc'ed to Al and Linus
which generally have a good knowledge of the splice code and an opinion
on it.

I think it is a good change, but I'd feel much more comfortable with
it for the next merge window rather than rushing it.