Some sendfile() under Linux 2.4 is broken

diff --git a/libs/nixio/lua/nixio/util.lua b/libs/nixio/lua/nixio/util.lua
index 6f929519b73057c06b2a9d9def4bc6adbe585d81..0e8c90c9a5bf7d28edef4a9e91e93dbf04778b0b 100644 (file)
--- a/libs/nixio/lua/nixio/util.lua
+++ b/libs/nixio/lua/nixio/util.lua
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ local ZIOBLKSIZE = 65536
 local socket = nixio.meta_socket
 local tls_socket = nixio.meta_tls_socket
 local file = nixio.meta_file
+local uname = nixio.uname()
+local ZBUG = uname.sysname == "Linux" and uname.release:sub(1, 3) == "2.4"
 
 function consume(iter)
        local tbl = {}
@@ -191,7 +193,7 @@ function meta.copyz(self, fd, size)
        local sent, lsent, code, msg = 0
        local splicable
 
-       if self:is_file() then
+       if not ZBUG and self:is_file() then
                local ftype = self:stat("type")
                if nixio.sendfile and fd:is_socket() and ftype == "reg" then
                        repeat