| commit | 7afa6fd037e51e95d322990cb127bb2b1217251a | [log] [tgz] |
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| author | Jens Axboe <axboe@suse.de> | Mon May 01 20:02:33 2006 +0200 |
| committer | Jens Axboe <axboe@suse.de> | Mon May 01 20:02:33 2006 +0200 |
| tree | dbe4052947bff32a6ada378576b8d7669c581cf4 | |
| parent | f6762b7ad8edd6abc802542ce845d3bc8adcb92f [diff] |
[PATCH] vmsplice: allow user to pass in gift pages If SPLICE_F_GIFT is set, the user is basically giving this pages away to the kernel. That means we can steal them for eg page cache uses instead of copying it. The data must be properly page aligned and also a multiple of the page size in length. Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@suse.de>