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From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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Subject: Re: [git pull] vfs.git pile 3: splice-related bits and pieces
To: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
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On Mon, May 1, 2017 at 3:39 PM, Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk> wrote:
>         Those actually missed the last cycle; the branch itself is
> from last December.
>
> Al Viro (4):
>       splice/tee/vmsplice: validate flags

I'm not convinced every user does this right, and this might break
some splice-using app.

But with splice() being so special and unusual, I'm willing to at
least try it. But if somebody reports that something does break, this
gets reverted.

                 Linus