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From: "David S. Miller" <davem@redhat.com>
To: dank@kegel.com
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, zab@zabbo.net
Subject: Re: is CONFIG_PACKET_MMAP always a win?
Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2002 21:59:25 -0800 (PST)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20020221.215925.41634293.davem@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3C75A418.2C848B3F@kegel.com>
In-Reply-To: <3C75A418.2C848B3F@kegel.com>

   From: Dan Kegel <dank@kegel.com>
   Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2002 17:51:20 -0800

   What's the best way to retrieve raw packets from the kernel?
   
   a) use libpcap
 ...   
   b) use af_packet
 ...   
   c) enable CONFIG_PACKET_MMAP, use PACKET_RX_RING
   
   If I understand it right, b costs one memcpy and one recv, and c costs
   two memcpys.  Which one wins?

"a" should be doing "c" when it is available in the kernel.
If not, get a newer copy of the libpcap sources, preferably
from Alexey's site:

ftp.inr.ac.ru:/ip-routing/

  parent reply	other threads:[~2002-02-22  6:01 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2002-02-22  1:51 is CONFIG_PACKET_MMAP always a win? Dan Kegel
2002-02-22  2:33 ` Alan Cox
2002-02-22  5:59 ` David S. Miller [this message]
2002-02-22  6:45   ` Ben Greear
2002-02-22  8:37     ` Gianni Tedesco
2002-02-22  7:04   ` Dan Kegel
2002-02-22 14:04     ` Maciej W. Rozycki
2002-02-22 18:09 ` Jamie Lokier
2002-02-22 18:40   ` Alan Cox
2002-02-22 19:04     ` Jamie Lokier
2002-02-22 19:57       ` Alan Cox
2002-02-22 21:44         ` Mike Fedyk
2002-02-23  0:24           ` Alan Cox

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