Re: Thread implementations...

Chris Wedgwood (chris@cybernet.co.nz)
Thu, 25 Jun 1998 16:07:40 +1200


On Wed, Jun 24, 1998 at 07:15:17PM +1000, Richard Gooch wrote:
>
> Why bother with sendfile() if you have aio_*() available? sendfile()
> is a trivial wrapper to aio_*().

aio_* implies userspace. sendfile() obviates the need for multiple context
switches, etc.

True, aio_* with page aligned buffers and vm hacks amount to the same thing
anyhow, but I don't know of anyone actively working on the mm system in this
area.

-Chris

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