Re: [PATCH] redir: Use memfd_create instead of pipe

[Herbert Xu <herbert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, Apr 19, 2024 at 11:24:46PM +0200, Jilles Tjoelker wrote:
>
> Using pipe or memfd conditionally based on the length of the
> here-document and whether memfd_create(2) fails transiently might cause
> even more obscure issues.

The reason is that memfd ends up being a lot slower than pipe.
Of course it's still way faster than fork + pipe, but until it
catches up with pipe, we're better off using both.

Cheers,
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