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-rw-r--r--src/os/unix/ngx_linux_sendfile_chain.c4
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/os/unix/ngx_linux_sendfile_chain.c b/src/os/unix/ngx_linux_sendfile_chain.c
index 5695839b0..91e7f1d93 100644
--- a/src/os/unix/ngx_linux_sendfile_chain.c
+++ b/src/os/unix/ngx_linux_sendfile_chain.c
@@ -38,6 +38,9 @@ static void ngx_linux_sendfile_thread_handler(void *data, ngx_log_t *log);
* On Linux up to 2.6.16 sendfile() does not allow to pass the count parameter
* more than 2G-1 bytes even on 64-bit platforms: it returns EINVAL,
* so we limit it to 2G-1 bytes.
+ *
+ * On Linux 2.6.16 and later, sendfile() silently limits the count parameter
+ * to 2G minus the page size, even on 64-bit platforms.
*/
#define NGX_SENDFILE_MAXSIZE 2147483647L
@@ -216,7 +219,6 @@ ngx_linux_sendfile_chain(ngx_connection_t *c, ngx_chain_t *in, off_t limit)
*/
send = prev_send + sent;
- continue;
}
if (send >= limit || in == NULL) {