Re: Is sendfile all that sexy?

Pavel Machek (pavel@suse.cz)
Tue, 16 Jan 2001 00:16:33 +0100


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/