Re: sendfile from sockets

bert hubert (ahu@ds9a.nl)
Wed, 21 Nov 2001 14:12:25 +0100

On Mon, Nov 19, 2001 at 05:16:53PM +1100, Anton Blanchard wrote:
> > Is this a kernel limitation?
>
> Yes, the manpage needs updating, you can only sendfile() from
> something that exists in the pagecache (ie not a socket).

The most recent manpages show this correctly. 

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