Please keep count==0 to specify zero bytes. Use something like count==-1
for copy till EOF.
> Also, if I end up copying more than 4G of data, what
>value should I return? This needs to be solved.
Copy 2GB-PAGE_SIZE, then return, set errno to EAGAIN or something.
If we're copying more than 2GB, then the overhead of putting a loop
on it in userspace is negligible.
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Sincerely, srb@cuci.nl
Stephen R. van den Berg (AKA BuGless).
"I don't like this word bomb. It is not a bomb, it is a device,
which explodes." French Ambassador about the atomic tests.
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