Finally if you are streaming objects by non mapped references (eg sendfile or see LM's paper from long ago on splice()) then the problem goes away.
I had forgotten all about splice.
For interested readers, here is the link: http://www.bitmover.com/lm/papers/splice.ps
Jeff
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