From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 16 Jan 2001 05:28:57 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 16 Jan 2001 05:28:47 -0500 Received: from [194.213.32.137] ([194.213.32.137]:1028 "EHLO bug.ucw.cz") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Tue, 16 Jan 2001 05:28:34 -0500 Message-ID: <20010116001633.A3343@bug.ucw.cz> Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2001 00:16:33 +0100 From: Pavel Machek To: jamal , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, netdev@oss.sgi.com Subject: Re: Is sendfile all that sexy? In-Reply-To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.93i In-Reply-To: ; from jamal on Sun, Jan 14, 2001 at 01:29:22PM -0500 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi! > TWO observations: > - Given Linux's non-pre-emptability of the kernel i get the feeling that > sendfile could starve other user space programs. Imagine trying to send a > 1Gig file on 10Mbps pipe in one shot. Hehe, try sigkilling process doing that transfer. Last time I tried it it did not work. Pavel -- I'm pavel@ucw.cz. "In my country we have almost anarchy and I don't care." Panos Katsaloulis describing me w.r.t. patents at discuss@linmodems.org - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/