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authorLoïc Hoguin <[email protected]>2012-12-01 10:24:07 +0100
committerLoïc Hoguin <[email protected]>2012-12-01 10:24:07 +0100
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Add Transport:sendfile/2 support
Uses file:sendfile/2 for TCP, a fallback function for SSL.
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diff --git a/src/ranch_tcp.erl b/src/ranch_tcp.erl
index d68972d..b113186 100644
--- a/src/ranch_tcp.erl
+++ b/src/ranch_tcp.erl
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
-export([connect/3]).
-export([recv/3]).
-export([send/2]).
+-export([sendfile/2]).
-export([setopts/2]).
-export([controlling_process/2]).
-export([peername/1]).
@@ -103,6 +104,18 @@ recv(Socket, Length, Timeout) ->
send(Socket, Packet) ->
gen_tcp:send(Socket, Packet).
+%% @doc Send a file on a socket.
+%%
+%% This is the optimal way to send files using TCP. It uses a syscall
+%% which means there is no context switch between opening the file
+%% and writing its contents on the socket.
+%%
+%% @see file:sendfile/2
+-spec sendfile(inet:socket(), file:name())
+ -> {ok, non_neg_integer()} | {error, atom()}.
+sendfile(Socket, Filename) ->
+ file:sendfile(Filename, Socket).
+
%% @doc Set options on the given socket.
%% @see inet:setopts/2
%% @todo Probably filter Opts?