Enable use of sendfile

diff --git a/doc/doc-txt/ChangeLog b/doc/doc-txt/ChangeLog
index 1d6ad343bef471ab73f0cfc0435ff4573ffc1e50..4ea24a50c148047586b931a1083125b8ed1859fc 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/doc-txt/ChangeLog
+++ b/doc/doc-txt/ChangeLog
@@ -61,6 +61,10 @@ JH/09 Avoid using a temporary file during transport using dkim.  Unless a
       creating the signature, and read the spool data file once for the
       signature and again for transmission.
 
+JH/10 Enable use of sendfile in Linux builds as default.  It was disabled in
+      4.77 as the kernel support then wasn't solid, having issues in 64bit
+      mode.  Now, it's been long enough.
+
 
 Exim version 4.89
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diff --git a/src/OS/os.h-Linux b/src/OS/os.h-Linux
index cc1cef99be849c10d487aef94e5a767f02d95b38..3e9303cab8a28a36403b8b0a91c2b8529c87636c 100644 (file)
--- a/src/OS/os.h-Linux
+++ b/src/OS/os.h-Linux
@@ -18,9 +18,10 @@ with the issue. */
 /* When using the DKIM, setting HAVE_LINUX_SENDFILE can increase
 performance on outgoing mail a bit. Note: With older glibc versions
 this setting will conflict with the _FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 setting
-defined as part of the Linux CFLAGS. */
+defined as part of the Linux CFLAGS.  As of 2017 those are declared
+to be too old to build by default. */
 
-/* #define HAVE_LINUX_SENDFILE */
+#define HAVE_LINUX_SENDFILE
 
 #define F_FREESP     O_TRUNC
 typedef struct flock flock_t;

diff --git a/src/src/dkim_transport.c b/src/src/dkim_transport.c
index 552e1beb17dc2377be89b74658cd4e295dba6582..2aba5605424bdc2262f988cad5898ff9f81533e9 100644 (file)
--- a/src/src/dkim_transport.c
+++ b/src/src/dkim_transport.c
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ if (tls_out.active != out_fd)
   ssize_t copied = 0;
 
   while(copied >= 0 && off < size)
-    copied = sendfile(tctx->u.fd, dkim_fd, &off, size - off);
+    copied = sendfile(out_fd, in_fd, &off, size - off);
   if (copied < 0)
     return FALSE;
   }