From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Eric Lemoine Subject: sendfile() & unlink() Date: Thu, 01 May 2003 19:28:05 +0200 Sender: netdev-bounce@oss.sgi.com Message-ID: <20030501172805.GB4580@udine> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT Return-path: To: netdev@oss.sgi.com Content-Disposition: inline Errors-to: netdev-bounce@oss.sgi.com List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org Hi What happens when unlink()ing a file that has just been sendfile()d? Is there any guarantee that the file remains in the buffer cache while TCP completes the xmit? Thx. -- Eric