In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Jonathan Thackray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> how would sendpath() construct the Content-Length in the HTTP header?
>
>You'd still stat() the file to decide whether to use sendpath() to
>send it or not, if it was Last-Modified: etc. Of course, you'd cache
>stat() calls too for a few seconds. The main thing is that you save
>a valuable fd and open() is expensive, even more so than stat().
"open" expensive?
Maybe on HP-UX and other platforms. But give me numbers: I seriously
doubt that
int fd = open(..)
fstat(fd..);
sendfile(fd..);
close(fd);
is any slower than
.. cache stat() in user space based on name ..
sendpath(name, ..);
on any real load.
>> TCP_CORK is useful for FAR more than just sendfile() headers and
>> footers. it's arguably the most correct way to write server code.
>
>Agreed -- the hard-coded Nagle algorithm makes no sense these days.
The fact I dislike about the HP-UX implementation is that it is so
_obviously_ stupid.
And I have to say that I absolutely despise the BSD people. They did
sendfile() after both Linux and HP-UX had done it, and they must have
known about both implementations. And they chose the HP-UX braindamage,
and even brag about the fact that they were stupid and didn't understand
TCP_CORK (they don't say so in those exact words, of course - they just
show that they were stupid and clueless by the things they brag about).
Oh, well. Not everybody can be as goodlooking as me. It's a curse.
Linus
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