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authorJohn Högberg <[email protected]>2017-11-02 17:02:16 +0100
committerJohn Högberg <[email protected]>2017-11-30 15:44:39 +0100
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Remove doc for sendfile/5 use_threads option
The option no longer does anything; systems that lack support for non-blocking sendfile(2) will use the Erlang fallback.
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diff --git a/lib/kernel/doc/src/file.xml b/lib/kernel/doc/src/file.xml
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+++ b/lib/kernel/doc/src/file.xml
@@ -1837,24 +1837,16 @@ f.txt: {person, "kalle", 25}.
<p>The file used must be opened using the <c>raw</c> flag, and the process
calling <c>sendfile</c> must be the controlling process of the socket.
See <seealso marker="gen_tcp#controlling_process-2"><c>gen_tcp:controlling_process/2</c></seealso>.</p>
- <p>If the OS used does not support <c>sendfile</c>, an Erlang fallback
- using
- <seealso marker="#read/2"><c>read/2</c></seealso> and
- <seealso marker="gen_tcp#send/2"><c>gen_tcp:send/2</c></seealso> is used.</p>
+ <p>If the OS used does not support non-blocking <c>sendfile</c>, an
+ Erlang fallback using <seealso marker="#read/2"><c>read/2</c></seealso>
+ and <seealso marker="gen_tcp#send/2"><c>gen_tcp:send/2</c></seealso> is
+ used.</p>
<p>The option list can contain the following options:</p>
<taglist>
<tag><c>chunk_size</c></tag>
<item><p>The chunk size used by the Erlang fallback to send
data. If using the fallback, set this to a value
that comfortably fits in the systems memory. Default is 20 MB.</p></item>
- <tag><c>use_threads</c></tag>
- <item><p>Instructs the emulator to use the <c>async</c> thread pool for the
- <c>sendfile</c> system call. This can be useful if the OS you are running
- on does not properly support non-blocking <c>sendfile</c> calls. Notice that
- using <c>async</c> threads potentially makes your system vulnerable to slow
- client attacks. If set to <c>true</c> and no <c>async</c> threads are available,
- the <c>sendfile</c> call returns <c>{error,einval}</c>.
- Introduced in Erlang/OTP 17.0. Default is <c>false</c>.</p></item>
</taglist>
</desc>
</func>