netdev - Re: [PATCH] sendfile() and UDP socket

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Date:	Wed, 10 Sep 2008 13:16:13 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	johaahn@...il.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, johnpol@....mipt.ru
Subject: Re: [PATCH] sendfile() and UDP socket

From: "Johann Baudy" <johaahn@...il.com>
Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2008 14:39:55 +0200

> Hi All,
> 
> Sendfile() over UDP socket are currently limited to ~ 64KBytes file
> (max cork.length).
> Indeed, if you run sendfile() with a file size > 64KBytes over UDP
> socket, system call will stop and return ~64KBytes without sending
> anything on the network.
> This patch is pushing ongoing frames when frames buffer is full, to
> prevent overflow.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Johann Baudy <johann.baudy@...il.com>

Your email client mangled the patch, turning tabs into spaces etc.
Please correct this and resubmit.
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