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List:       v9fs-developer
Subject:    Re: [V9fs-developer] [PATCH 1/2] 9pnet: allow making incomplete read requests
From:       Dominique Martinet <asmadeus () codewreck ! org>
Date:       2020-02-05 16:07:29
Message-ID: 20200205160729.GA10862 () nautica
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l29ah@cock.li wrote on Wed, Feb 05, 2020:
> On Wed, Feb 05, 2020 at 08:35:04AM +0100, Dominique Martinet wrote:
> > I'm not sure I agree on the argument there: the waiting time is
> > unbounded for a single request as well. What's your use case?
> 
> I want to interface with synthetic file systems that represent
> arbitrary data streams.
> The one where i've hit the problem is reading the log of a XMPP chat
> client that blocks if there's no new data available.

Definitely a valid use case for 9p, please rephrase your commit message
to describe the problem a bit better.

I'll wait for a v2 removing the 'total' variable from
p9_client_read_once anyway, unless you disagree.


Thanks,
-- 
Dominique


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