From 9e8a61e6acbf0060da7bb680bc6d7f1ca0d57729 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Michael Kerrisk Date: Tue, 5 May 2015 11:00:37 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] sendfile.2: Clarify text on 'out_fd' and regular files in Linux 2.4 See https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=86001 Reported-by: Askar Safin Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk --- man2/sendfile.2 | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/man2/sendfile.2 b/man2/sendfile.2 index efe61ecb5..4f743eb0b 100644 --- a/man2/sendfile.2 +++ b/man2/sendfile.2 @@ -165,9 +165,9 @@ to minimize the number of packets and to tune performance. In Linux 2.4 and earlier, .I out_fd -could also refer to a regular file, and -.BR sendfile () -changed the current offset of that file. +could also refer to a regular file; +this possibility went away in the Linux 2.6.x kernel series, +but was restored in Linux 2.6.33. The original Linux .BR sendfile ()