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<item>The chunk size used by the erlang fallback to send
data. If using the fallback, this should be set to a value
which comfortably fits in the systems memory. Default is 20 MB.</item>
+ <tag><c>use_threads</c></tag>
+ <item>Instruct the emulator to use the async thread pool for the
+ sendfile system call. This could be usefull if the OS you are running
+ on does not properly support non-blocking sendfile calls. Do note that
+ using async threads potentially makes your system volnerable to slow
+ client attacks. If set to true and no async threads are available,
+ the sendfile call will return <c>{error,einval}</c>.
+ Introduced in 17.0. Default is false.</item>
</taglist>
</p>
- <p>On operating systems with thread support, it is recommended to use
- async threads. See the command line flag
- <c>+A</c> in <seealso marker="erts:erl">erl(1)</seealso>. If it is not
- possible to use async threads for sendfile, it is recommended to use
- a relatively small value for the send buffer on the socket. Otherwise
- the Erlang VM might loose some of its soft realtime guarantees.
- Which size to use depends on the OS/hardware and the requirements
- of the application.</p>
</desc>
</func>
<func>