From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263732AbTKKU5Q (ORCPT ); Tue, 11 Nov 2003 15:57:16 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263747AbTKKU5Q (ORCPT ); Tue, 11 Nov 2003 15:57:16 -0500 Received: from unthought.net ([212.97.129.88]:60906 "EHLO unthought.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263732AbTKKU5N (ORCPT ); Tue, 11 Nov 2003 15:57:13 -0500 Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2003 21:57:12 +0100 From: Jakob Oestergaard To: Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: OT: why no file copy() libc/syscall ?? Message-ID: <20031111205711.GE25828@unthought.net> Mail-Followup-To: Jakob Oestergaard , Linux Kernel Mailing List References: <3FAF7FC8.8050503@softhome.net> <03111007291500.08768@tabby> <20031110142222.GA21220@nevyn.them.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <20031110142222.GA21220@nevyn.them.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.28i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Nov 10, 2003 at 09:22:22AM -0500, Daniel Jacobowitz wrote: > On Mon, Nov 10, 2003 at 07:29:15AM -0600, Jesse Pollard wrote: > > Now back to the copy.. You don't have to use a read/write loop- mmap > > is faster. And this is the other reason for not doing it in Kernel mode. > > Actually, last I checked, read/write was actually faster. Linus > explained why a month or two ago. It would also not break on large files... -- ................................................................ : jakob@unthought.net : And I see the elder races, : :.........................: putrid forms of man : : Jakob Østergaard : See him rise and claim the earth, : : OZ9ABN : his downfall is at hand. : :.........................:............{Konkhra}...............: