Re: problems with splice from /proc (was Linux 5.10-rc1)

From: Christoph Hellwig
Date: Tue Oct 27 2020 - 04:15:45 EST


On Tue, Oct 27, 2020 at 09:14:20AM +0100, Greg KH wrote:
> Luckily /proc/cpuinfo seems to use the seq_file interface, so this
> series would work for that.
>
> What's the odds of this series getting into 5.10-final? I'll go run it
> through the Android build system right now to see if it fixes the issue
> or not...

It contained a few bits people didn't like too much, and we had no
practical need for it. I'll try to respin it to be a little more
palatable, and will update you once I have results.