Re: Syslets, Threadlets, generic AIO support, v6

[Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>]

On Wed, May 30 2007, Mark Lord wrote:
> Ingo Molnar wrote:
> >
> > - sendfile(). This API mainly failed on #2. It partly failed on #1 too.
> >   (couldnt be used in certain types of scenarios so was unintuitive.)
> >   splice() fixes this almost completely.
> >
> > - KAIO. It fails on #2 and #3.
> 
> I wonder how useful it would be to reimplement sendfile()
> using splice(), either in glibc or inside the kernel itself?
> 
> sendfile() does get used a fair bit, but I really doubt that anyone
> outside of a handful of people on this list actually use splice().

It's indeed the plan, I even have git branch for it. Just never took the
time to actually finish it.

http://git.kernel.dk/?p=linux-2.6-block.git;a=shortlog;h=splice-sendfile

-- 
Jens Axboe

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