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From: mark zhu <mhz.dybf@gmail.com>
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Hi there,

Two splice() system calls are needed for splicing 2 sockets.
It is costly with respect to context switching. What would be
the reason for_not_  letting sendfile() support socket-to-socket
splicing if the offset argument is ignored?

Thanks,
-Mark