Re: [PATCH] relayfs redux, part 3

[Tom Zanussi <zanussi@us.ibm.com>]

Andi Kleen writes:
 > 
 > > +
 > > +	local_irq_save(flags);
 > > +	if (unlikely(buf->offset + length > chan->subbuf_size))
 > > +		length = relay_switch_subbuf(buf, length);
 > > +	memcpy(buf->data + buf->offset, data, length);
 > > +	buf->offset += length;
 > > +	local_irq_restore(flags);
 > > + 
 > > +	return length;
 > 
 > Is there any useful user case for returning length here? 
 > (e.g. are users likely to handle errors? I doubt it somehow) 
 > 
 > If not I would eliminate it.
 > 

The main reason would be that length would be 0 only if the buffers
were full, so the caller can suspend writing if it sees that, until
e.g. a daemon catches up.

Thanks for your other comments - I'll make those changes in the next
version.

Tom