Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Thu, 25 Jun 1998 16:07:40 +1200 | | From | Chris Wedgwood <> | | Subject | Re: Thread implementations... |
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On Wed, Jun 24, 1998 at 07:15:17PM +1000, Richard Gooch wrote: > > Why bother with sendfile() if you have aio_*() available? sendfile() > is a trivial wrapper to aio_*().
aio_* implies userspace. sendfile() obviates the need for multiple context switches, etc.
True, aio_* with page aligned buffers and vm hacks amount to the same thing anyhow, but I don't know of anyone actively working on the mm system in this area.
-Chris
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