From: Joe Orton <jorton@apache.org>
Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2025 17:18:48 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: docs: Note that sendfile() is not used for SSL/TLS or with
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docs: Note that sendfile() is not used for SSL/TLS or with
some output filters regardless of the EnableSendfile setting.

PR: 69414


git-svn-id: https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/httpd/httpd/trunk@1923917 13f79535-47bb-0310-9956-ffa450edef68
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diff --git a/docs/manual/mod/core.xml b/docs/manual/mod/core.xml
index 070f8ee57b..7a0a656537 100644
--- a/docs/manual/mod/core.xml
+++ b/docs/manual/mod/core.xml
@@ -1215,7 +1215,10 @@ version 2.3.9.</compatibility>
     By default, when the handling of a request requires no access
     to the data within a file -- for example, when delivering a
     static file -- Apache httpd uses sendfile to deliver the file contents
-    without ever reading the file if the OS supports it.</p>
+    without ever reading the file if the OS supports it. If SSL/TLS is used
+    for the connection, or if any <a href="../filter.html">output filter</a>
+    is configured which inspects or modifies the output, the sendfile mechanism
+    will not be used regardless of this configuration option.</p>
 
     <p>This sendfile mechanism avoids separate read and send operations,
     and buffer allocations. But on some platforms or within some