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copy_file_range(2): add recommendation to use large "len"
PR#252358 reported a serious performance problem w.r.t. cp(1) when copying large non-sparse files. This problem appears to have been caused by cp(1) calling copy_file_range(2) with a small "len" argument. This patch adds a recommendation to use a large "len" value where possible, for performance reasons. Reviewed by: asomers Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D27935
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.\"
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.\" $FreeBSD$
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.\"
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.Dd March 30, 2020
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.Dd January 2, 2021
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.Dt COPY_FILE_RANGE 2
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Dv SEEK_DATA
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arguments and this system call for the
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data ranges found.
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.Pp
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For best performance, call
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.Fn copy_file_range
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with the largest
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.Fa len
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value possible.
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It is interruptible on most file systems,
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so there is no penalty for using very large len values, even SSIZE_MAX.
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.Pp
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.Sh RETURN VALUES
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If it succeeds, the call returns the number of bytes copied, which can be fewer
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than
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