On Wed, May 30 2007, Mark Lord wrote: > Ingo Molnar wrote: > > > > - sendfile(). This API mainly failed on #2. It partly failed on #1 too. > > (couldnt be used in certain types of scenarios so was unintuitive.) > > splice() fixes this almost completely. > > > > - KAIO. It fails on #2 and #3. > > I wonder how useful it would be to reimplement sendfile() > using splice(), either in glibc or inside the kernel itself? > > sendfile() does get used a fair bit, but I really doubt that anyone > outside of a handful of people on this list actually use splice().
It's indeed the plan, I even have git branch for it. Just never took the time to actually finish it. http://git.kernel.dk/?p=linux-2.6-block.git;a=shortlog;h=splice-sendfile -- Jens Axboe - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
