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authorDaniel Palmer <daniel@thingy.jp>2026-08-28 19:32:04 +0900
committerThomas Weißschuh <linux@weissschuh.net>2026-08-31 06:19:24 +0200
commitc0da8b53603ad84f622b2c5f6c1a69f7d4b4b8bc (patch)
tree29284760fe7ed616aba20b9317f5272ef5a92a69 /tools/include
parent4c00540add56942d621a941481cf9d0fb7dcec0e (diff)
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tools/nolibc: Add sendfile()
This is useful because it allows copying data up to 2GB from one fd to another without a buffer in userspace and with a single syscall. For 32bit kernels we use the sendfile64 syscall to allow for 64bit offsets to work. Signed-off-by: Daniel Palmer <daniel@thingy.jp> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260828103205.384589-2-daniel@thingy.jp Signed-off-by: Thomas Weißschuh <linux@weissschuh.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'tools/include')
-rw-r--r--tools/include/nolibc/Makefile1
-rw-r--r--tools/include/nolibc/nolibc.h1
-rw-r--r--tools/include/nolibc/sys/sendfile.h41
3 files changed, 43 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/tools/include/nolibc/Makefile b/tools/include/nolibc/Makefile
index c4a0879e4140..0880be0f6ef5 100644
--- a/tools/include/nolibc/Makefile
+++ b/tools/include/nolibc/Makefile
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ all_files := \
sys/reboot.h \
sys/resource.h \
sys/select.h \
+ sys/sendfile.h \
sys/stat.h \
sys/syscall.h \
sys/sysmacros.h \
diff --git a/tools/include/nolibc/nolibc.h b/tools/include/nolibc/nolibc.h
index faa94f247281..352a207bbedc 100644
--- a/tools/include/nolibc/nolibc.h
+++ b/tools/include/nolibc/nolibc.h
@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@
#include "sys/reboot.h"
#include "sys/resource.h"
#include "sys/select.h"
+#include "sys/sendfile.h"
#include "sys/stat.h"
#include "sys/syscall.h"
#include "sys/sysmacros.h"
diff --git a/tools/include/nolibc/sys/sendfile.h b/tools/include/nolibc/sys/sendfile.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ac7d85847718
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/include/nolibc/sys/sendfile.h
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1 OR MIT */
+/*
+ * sendfile for NOLIBC
+ * Copyright (C) 2026 Daniel Palmer <daniel@thingy.jp>
+ */
+
+/* make sure to include all global symbols */
+#include "../nolibc.h"
+
+#ifndef _NOLIBC_SYS_SENDFILE_H
+#define _NOLIBC_SYS_SENDFILE_H
+
+#include "../sys.h"
+#include <linux/unistd.h>
+
+/*
+ * ssize_t sendfile(int out_fd, int in_fd, off_t *offset, size_t count);
+ */
+
+static __attribute__((unused))
+ssize_t _sys_sendfile(int out_fd, int in_fd, off_t *offset, size_t count)
+{
+ __nolibc_static_assert(sizeof(*offset) == sizeof(__kernel_loff_t));
+
+#ifdef __NR_sendfile64
+ /* 32-bit applications use sendfile64 so offset is treated as a __kernel_loff_t */
+ return __nolibc_syscall4(__NR_sendfile64, out_fd, in_fd, offset, count);
+#else
+ __nolibc_static_assert(sizeof(*offset) == sizeof(__kernel_off_t));
+
+ return __nolibc_syscall4(__NR_sendfile, out_fd, in_fd, offset, count);
+#endif
+}
+
+static __attribute__((unused))
+ssize_t sendfile(int out_fd, int in_fd, off_t *offset, size_t count)
+{
+ return __sysret(_sys_sendfile(out_fd, in_fd, offset, count));
+}
+
+#endif /* _NOLIBC_SYS_SENDFILE_H */