From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S265390AbUEZJw1 (ORCPT ); Wed, 26 May 2004 05:52:27 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S265392AbUEZJw1 (ORCPT ); Wed, 26 May 2004 05:52:27 -0400 Received: from mail.fh-wedel.de ([213.39.232.194]:59782 "EHLO mail.fh-wedel.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S265390AbUEZJw0 (ORCPT ); Wed, 26 May 2004 05:52:26 -0400 Date: Wed, 26 May 2004 11:52:22 +0200 From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?J=F6rn?= Engel To: Rob Landley Cc: Pavel Machek , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT PATCH COW] proof of concept impementation of cowlinks Message-ID: <20040526095222.GA12142@wohnheim.fh-wedel.de> References: <20040506131731.GA7930@wohnheim.fh-wedel.de> <200405251655.43185.rob@landley.net> <20040525220826.GC1609@elf.ucw.cz> <200405251816.05497.rob@landley.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <200405251816.05497.rob@landley.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.28i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, 25 May 2004 18:16:05 -0500, Rob Landley wrote: > > [a lot] Sorry, you didn't have the time to make it short and I don't have the time to read it all. ;) Anyway, it sounds as if you really want a connect_files() or similar that shortens a chain of pipes. Similar to removing an element from a doubly linked list. Should be possible and not too hard either, iff you can point to a decent user. Right now, I don't care at all since it is just an optimization for what's possible in userspace already and is rarely used. Root of all evil an such... Jörn -- The strong give up and move away, while the weak give up and stay. -- unknown