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Subject: Re: O_DIRECT sockets? (was [RESEND] tuning linux for high network 
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From: "David S. Miller" <davem@rth.ninka.net>
To: Roy Sigurd Karlsbakk <roy@karlsbakk.net>
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On Thu, 2002-10-24 at 03:14, Roy Sigurd Karlsbakk wrote:
> I can't use sendfile(). I'm working with files > 4GB, and from man 2 sendfile:

That's what sendfile64() is for.  In fact every vendor I am aware
of is shipping the sys_sendfile64() patch in their kernels and
an appropriately fixed up glibc.

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