Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Tue, 20 Nov 2001 20:05:05 -0200 (BRST) | From | Rik van Riel <> | Subject | Re: Swap |
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On Tue, 20 Nov 2001, Dan Maas wrote:
> > I bet they're getting mmap()d, like all mp3 programs seem to do > > Just a note here - I see much fewer buffer underruns and more consistent > read-ahead/drop-behind behavior (i.e. no paging of other programs) when > using plain read(), as opposed to mmap().
Consider this a VM bug, mmap() really should be more efficient.
regards,
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