Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Tue, 22 May 2001 00:44:56 +0200 (CEST) | From | Pierre Etchemaite <> | Subject | RE: tmpfs + sendfile bug ? |
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On 21-May-2001 David Schwartz wrote: > >> Any idea ? > > Looks like a bug in the program. If 'sendfile' returns 'EINVAL', that means > you can't use 'sendfile' to send this particular file, and should default to > read/write or mmap/write. If this program doesn't, it doesn't understand > Linux's 'sendfile' semantics.
Agreed, I came up to the same conclusion. Applications shouldn't assume that sendfile will always work, and be ready to fall back to the traditional DIY way of sending data.
I just downloaded more recent sources of proftpd (1.2.2rc2), and it looks fixed, already... Time to upgrade :)
Regards, Pierre.
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