Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 16 Jan 2001 00:16:33 +0100 | From | Pavel Machek <> | Subject | Re: Is sendfile all that sexy? |
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Hi!
> TWO observations: > - Given Linux's non-pre-emptability of the kernel i get the feeling that > sendfile could starve other user space programs. Imagine trying to send a > 1Gig file on 10Mbps pipe in one shot.
Hehe, try sigkilling process doing that transfer. Last time I tried it it did not work. Pavel -- I'm pavel@ucw.cz. "In my country we have almost anarchy and I don't care." Panos Katsaloulis describing me w.r.t. patents at discuss@linmodems.org - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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