Re: [PATCH v2 05/10] compat/posix: introduce writev(3p) wrapper

> On 2026-03-05 at 00:37:45, Jeff King wrote:
>> I like that writev() can work as a drop-in replacement for write() at
>> the lowest level. But given that our main use is likely to be pkt-lines,
>> I do kind of wonder if we should just try to be more clever in forming
>> our buffers. That makes all of the portability and compat questions go
>> away (and gives the benefit to platforms that don't even have writev).
> 
> This does work and it is clever, but I think the writev is clearer and
> more explicit.  In addition, this is literally the kind of use case that
> it's designed for and the kernel will have a highly optimized
> implementation handling it.  I could also see myself making use of
> writev in my future work as well,...