Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 30 May 2007 21:10:24 +0200 | From | Jens Axboe <> | Subject | Re: Syslets, Threadlets, generic AIO support, v6 |
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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
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