From 795a16627c02fe47da1c7db7779b53faa1a5cbcf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?utf8?q?P=C3=A1draig=20Brady?= Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2022 15:13:25 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] doc: NEWS: explain _why_ copy_file_range() is used * NEWS: Mention why we're making the change in behavior in cat(1). --- NEWS | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 757abee154..ebcd5cb2f5 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -35,7 +35,8 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS -*- outline -*- ** Changes in behavior cat now uses the copy_file_range syscall if available, when doing - simple copies between regular files. + simple copies between regular files. This may be more efficient, by avoiding + user space copies, and possibly employing copy offloading or reflinking. date +'%-N' now suppresses excess trailing digits, instead of always padding them with zeros to 9 digits. It uses clock_getres and -- 2.47.2