Package: pv
Version: 1.1.4-1
Severity: wishlist
Hello,
from a quick grep through the sources and a quick look at transfer.c, it
looks like pv only does read(2)/write(2) data transfers.
It would be very interesting if it gave a try to splice(2) first, when
available: it'd mean I could use pv freely without worrying about
performing an extra in memory copy of potentially lots of data.
I have been improvising something like this recently with reasonable
happiness:
// Try splice
ssize_t res = splice(child_stdout_fd, NULL, next_fd, NULL, 4096*2,
SPLICE_F_MORE);
if (res >= 0)
return res > 0;
if (errno != EINVAL)
throw wibble::exception::System("splicing data from child postprocessor
to destination");
// Else pass it on to the traditional method
Ciao,
Enrico
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Versions of packages pv depends on:
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pv recommends no packages.
Versions of packages pv suggests:
ii doc-base 0.9.5 utilities to manage online documen
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