From: Avdi Grimm <groups@...>
Date: 2011-03-04T00:35:21+09:00
Subject: Re: [ANN] io_splice 3.0.0 - kinder, gentler Linux zero-copy

On Tue, Mar 1, 2011 at 4:44 AM, Eric Wong <normalperson@yhbt.net> wrote:
> The splice family of Linux system calls can transfer data between file
> descriptors without the need to copy data into userspace.  Instead of a
> userspace buffer, they rely on an ordinary Unix pipe as a kernel-level
> buffer.

This sounds really cool. Bookmarked!

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Avdi Grimm
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