sendfile changes

[Andreas Røsdal]

On Sun, 13 May 2007, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:
> In message <20070513144559.D67788 at verden.pvv.ntnu.no>, =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Andreas_R
> =F8sdal?= writes:
>> Hello,
>> I have a question about a recent change done in SVN trunk:
>> http://varnish.projects.linpro.no/changeset/1417
>>
>> "Make the sendfile threshold inifinity for now, we have evidence of
>> sendfile not doing it's job in a number of operating system (-versions ?)"
>>
>> What does "not doing it's job" mean here? Sending corrupt or incomplete
>> data?
>
> One, the other or even Both, depending on your kernel.

Yes, I've seen both. What is the best workaround for this problem?
Should I install the varnish from SVN trunk?

  - Andreas R.