Date: 18 Aug 1998 19:36:36 -0500 From: stephen farrell <stephen@farrell.org> To: "Matthew N. Dodd" <winter@jurai.net> Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: sendfile() API? Message-ID: <877m05byej.fsf@couatl.uchicago.edu> In-Reply-To: "Matthew N. Dodd"'s message of "Mon, 17 Aug 1998 13:21:46 -0400 (EDT)" References: <Pine.BSF.4.02.9808171320350.5813-100000@sasami.jurai.net>
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"Matthew N. Dodd" <winter@jurai.net> writes: > Apache 1.3 uses MMAP to send static content. > > I assume this is what sendfile() would do. > > The fact that Apache already has this feature, without the > abstracting API would indicate that such a thing would be worth it > no? The argument (in linux kernel) was something like that mmap has a lot of overhead, and that a specific sendfile could be better optimized... http://linux.ucs.indiana.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/9806.3/0171.html worth looking at: http://linux.ucs.indiana.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/9806.3/0305.html The discussion is roughly hereish -- need to search around for thread implementations and sendfile: http://linux.ucs.indiana.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/9806.3/index.html (not that i've been reading linux-kernel or anything ;-) -- Steve Farrell To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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