From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751425AbXBMW7U (ORCPT ); Tue, 13 Feb 2007 17:59:20 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751421AbXBMW7U (ORCPT ); Tue, 13 Feb 2007 17:59:20 -0500 Received: from mx2.redhat.com ([66.187.237.31]:53086 "EHLO mx2.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751425AbXBMW7T (ORCPT ); Tue, 13 Feb 2007 17:59:19 -0500 Message-ID: <45D242BB.9040004@redhat.com> Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2007 14:59:07 -0800 From: Ulrich Drepper Organization: Red Hat, Inc. User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.9 (X11/20070212) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Ingo Molnar CC: Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: [patch 00/11] ANNOUNCE: "Syslets", generic asynchronous system call support References: <20070213142010.GA638@elte.hu> <20070213215724.GD22104@elte.hu> In-Reply-To: <20070213215724.GD22104@elte.hu> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.94.1.2.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enig57FCBB38D30A8E586E87CE7F" Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enig57FCBB38D30A8E586E87CE7F Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Ingo Molnar wrote: > really, what's the point behind aio_cancel()? - sequence aio_write() aio_cancel() aio_write() with both writes going to the same place must be predictably - think beyond files. Writes to sockets, ttys, they can block and cancel must abort them. Even for files the same applies in some situations, e.g., for network filesystems. --=20 =E2=9E=A7 Ulrich Drepper =E2=9E=A7 Red Hat, Inc. =E2=9E=A7 444 Castro St = =E2=9E=A7 Mountain View, CA =E2=9D=96 --------------enig57FCBB38D30A8E586E87CE7F Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Fedora - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFF0kK72ijCOnn/RHQRAjp+AJ4iSwnqQXxv5YYefrVJH+D2drftVQCfSbl7 9QP7SL/NjouDB1zJtNFYfvA= =0kry -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enig57FCBB38D30A8E586E87CE7F--