Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Thu, 18 Oct 2001 20:15:37 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Thu, 18 Oct 2001 20:15:28 -0400 Received: from ns.suse.de ([213.95.15.193]:35851 "HELO Cantor.suse.de") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Thu, 18 Oct 2001 20:15:18 -0400 Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2001 02:15:30 +0200 From: Stefan Reinauer To: Ryan Cumming Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Patch and Performance of larger pipes Message-ID: <20011019021530.A796@suse.de> In-Reply-To: <3BCF1A74.AE96F241@colorfullife.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.22.1i X-OS: Linux 2.4.12 i686 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org * Ryan Cumming [011019 01:05]: > Awesome! Although any improvement improvement in efficiency is a good thing, > I am curious as to what uses pipes besides gcc -pipe. UNIX domain sockets > (for local X11, for instance) aren't implemented as pipes, are they? What > sort of real world performance gains could I expect from this patch? Shell scripts often use pipes to pass data between processes. Speed up should be quite noticable with all kinds of those. Best regards Stefan Reinauer -- This world is crying to be free; This world is dying, can't you see? We need a turn to do it right; We need a mind revolution To get away from this selfishness. Stop playing blind - BREAK FREE! Your Turn, Helloween '91 - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/