>> >With union mount and cowlink, there are two users already. cp(1) >> >could use it as well, even if the improvement is quite minimal. >> >> FTP PUT could use this too - ... > >No, FTP PUT _cannot_ use it, exactly because sendfile() can't do anything >but file sources (and not even all file sources - it can only do regular >filesystems that use the page cache). > >This is why I want to get rid of sendfile(). It's a fundamentally broken >interface. Really. In contrast, the pipe buffers _can_ be used for direct >socket->file interfaces.
How will userspace access these pipe buffers? Jan Engelhardt -- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
