[linux-cifs-client] Does CIFS support kernel sendfile opertion?

[Jeff Layton]

On Mon, 18 Aug 2008 15:09:32 -0400
"Schultz, Dale C." <DSchultz at telesat.com> wrote:

> Hi:
> I have a few cifs mounts and I server some web pages through Apache from
> them.  I've found that some page types like text/html do not get passed
> to the Web browser unless is set the Directory directive EnableSendfile
> Off for those cifs mount paths.
> 
> Is this a kernel or cifs problem?
> http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/mod/core.html#enablesendfile
> 

Yes.

CIFS is part of the kernel. This is most likely a CIFS bug and not a
"generic" kernel issue.

Cheers,
-- 
Jeff Layton <jlayton at redhat.com>