sendfile(2) SF_NOPUSH flag proposal
Igor Sysoev
is at rambler-co.ru
Wed May 28 22:22:57 PDT 2003
On Wed, 28 May 2003, Terry Lambert wrote:
> Bill Fenner wrote:
> > Why not set PRUS_MORETOCOME on all but the final pru_send() call?
>
> If the file is larger than `sysctl net.inet.tcp.sendspace`, then
> this code in do_sendfile():
>
> if (sbspace(&so->so_snd) < so->so_snd.sb_lowat) {
> if (so->so_state & SS_NBIO) {
> m_freem(m);
> sbunlock(&so->so_snd);
> splx(s);
> error = EAGAIN;
> goto done;
> }
> error = sbwait(&so->so_snd);
>
> will result in you sleeping with PRUS_MORETOCOME set, but with
> no more being sent because the send buffer doesn't get emptied,
> as it's waiting for more data to send.
But as I understand PRUS_MORETOCOME is not set if socket is non-blocking.
Igor Sysoev
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