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| -rw-r--r-- | lib/ChangeLog | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/buffer.c | 9 |
2 files changed, 13 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/lib/ChangeLog b/lib/ChangeLog index 8c805dfc..11506202 100644 --- a/lib/ChangeLog +++ b/lib/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,9 @@ +2005-04-26 Andrew J. Schorr <ajschorr@alumni.princeton.edu> + + * buffer.c (buffer_write): Comment out call to buffer_flush_available. + This should speed up buffering at the expense of a possible increase + in latency in flushing the data if inside a long-running thread. + 2005-04-25 Paul Jakma <paul.jakma@sun.com> * workqueue.{c,h}: Helper API for setting up and running queues via diff --git a/lib/buffer.c b/lib/buffer.c index 48fd35af..81cd0f2a 100644 --- a/lib/buffer.c +++ b/lib/buffer.c @@ -464,11 +464,16 @@ buffer_write(struct buffer *b, int fd, const void *p, size_t size) { ssize_t nbytes; - /* Attempt to drain the previously buffered data? */ +#if 0 + /* Should we attempt to drain any previously buffered data? This could help + reduce latency in pushing out the data if we are stuck in a long-running + thread that is preventing the main select loop from calling the flush + thread... */ if (b->head && (buffer_flush_available(b, fd) == BUFFER_ERROR)) return BUFFER_ERROR; +#endif if (b->head) - /* Buffer still not empty. */ + /* Buffer is not empty, so do not attempt to write the new data. */ nbytes = 0; else if ((nbytes = write(fd, p, size)) < 0) { |