Re: splice() on two pipes

[Andi Kleen]

Max Kellermann <max@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

I don't think splice is about handling all possible cases,
but just cases where the kernel can do better than user space.
I don't think that's the case here.

> when I read about the splice() system call, I thought it was obvious
> that it could copy data between two pipes. 

It would be more efficient if you used fd passing to pass the fd
around to the other process and let it read directly.

-Andi


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