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Alan Cox wrote:
> Finally if you are streaming objects by non mapped references (eg
> sendfile or see LM's paper from long ago on splice()) then the problem
> goes away.


I had forgotten all about splice.

For interested readers, here is the link:
http://www.bitmover.com/lm/papers/splice.ps

	Jeff