Re: [PATCH COW] sys_copyfile

[Jörn Engel]

On Tue, 27 April 2004 13:30:52 +0200, Erik Mouw wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 26, 2004 at 11:20:45AM +0200, J?rn Engel wrote:
> > Adds a new syscall, copyfile() which does as the name sais.
> 
> I think it's actually better to use sendfile() rather then creating a
> new syscall:
> 
>   ssize_t sendfile(int out_fd, int in_fd, off_t *offset, size_t count)
> 
> In that way you can create the file in the usual way and copy the
> contents with an already existing syscall.
> 
> IMHO sendfile() has been a wrong name in the first place, copyfd()
> would have been better. Why limit it to network traffic only?

See an earlier patch of mine. :)

Also, my grand goal is copy on write (cow) for files.  copyfile() is
just another step in that direction.

Jörn

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