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writev vs sendfile

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xtreamdude

xtreamdude

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Jun 29, 2012
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Hi to all,

I have been wondering why does apache still uses writev for very small files(8k)instead of sendfile. My understanding is that sendfile is much more efficient then writev. Please provide some guidence.

Thanks!!
 
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