sendfile_linux.go

// Copyright 2011 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.

package net

import (
	"internal/poll"
	"io"
	"os"
)

// sendFile copies the contents of r to c using the sendfile
// system call to minimize copies.
//
// if handled == true, sendFile returns the number of bytes copied and any
// non-EOF error.
//
// if handled == false, sendFile performed no work.
func sendFile(c *netFD, r io.Reader) (written int64, err error, handled bool) {
	var remain int64 = 1 << 62 // by default, copy until EOF

	lr, ok := r.(*io.LimitedReader)
	if ok {
		remain, r = lr.N, lr.R
		if remain <= 0 {
			return 0, nil, true
		}
	}
	f, ok := r.(*os.File)
	if !ok {
		return 0, nil, false
	}

	written, err = poll.SendFile(&c.pfd, int(f.Fd()), remain)

	if lr != nil {
		lr.N = remain - written
	}
	return written, wrapSyscallError("sendfile", err), written > 0
}