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Re: PROPOSAL: Split uiomove into uiopeek, uioskip



On Tue, May 09, 2023 at 14:33:26 -0700, Jason Thorpe wrote:

> I'm not a fan of uioskip() as a name - I think uioadvance() would be
> better.  Skip implies, to my brain, that the data is being thrown
> away (even if you're already consumed it).

I agree.  "skip" seem to have wrong connotations (cf. dd(1)).

-uwe


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