[$] Improving iov_iter

Date:
Tue, 10 Jun 2025 15:16:49 +0000

Description:
The iov_iter interface is used to
describe and iterate through buffers in the kernel. David Howells led a combined storage and
filesystem session at
the 2025 Linux Storage,
Filesystem, Memory Management, and BPF Summit (LSFMM+BPF) to discuss ways
to improve iov_iter . His topic
proposal listed a few different ideas including replacing some iov_iter types and possibly allowing mixed types in chains of iov_iter entries; he would
like to make the interface itself and the uses of iov_iter in
the kernel better.

======================================================================
Link to news story:
https://lwn.net/Articles/1023891/


--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Linux/64)
* Origin: tqwNet UK HUB @ hub.uk.erb.pw (1337:1/100)