Re: [PATCH 1/3] net: Remove support for AIO on sockets
Jakub Kicinski <[email protected]>
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On Sat, 23 May 2026 15:43:02 -0400 Demi Marie Obenour via B4 Relay wrote: > The only user of msg->msg_iocb was AF_ALG, but that's deprecated. > It can be removed entirely at the cost of only supporting synchronous > operations. This doesn't break userspace, which will silently block > (for a bounded amount of time) in io_submit instead of operating > asynchronously. > > This also makes struct msghdr smaller, helping every other caller of > sendmsg(). Acked-by: Jakub Kicinski <[email protected]>