From: Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org>
To: Eric Dumazet <dada1@cosmosbay.com>
Cc: Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org>, Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>,
Elad Lahav <elahav@uwaterloo.ca>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Implementation of the sendgroup() system call
Date: Mon, 4 May 2009 12:18:14 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20090504101814.GG23223@one.firstfloor.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <49FEBBC9.9000708@cosmosbay.com>
On Mon, May 04, 2009 at 11:56:25AM +0200, Eric Dumazet wrote:
> Andi Kleen a écrit :
>
> >>> Or perhaps simple send to a local multicast group and let
> >>> some netfilter module turn that into regular UDP.
> >>>
> >> Sounds hacky and rooty.
> >
> > rooty? Everyone can send to all directions anyways.
> >
> > It wouldn't be perfect, but quite usable as a short term solution
> > for a production server.
>
> Anyway, a netfilter module doesnt fit the needs (separate header/footer
> for each destination)
netfilter modues can create new skbs that reference the main data and replace
the header.
-Andi
--
ak@linux.intel.com -- Speaking for myself only.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-05-04 10:13 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
[not found] <49FE47A1.7070700@uwaterloo.ca>
2009-05-04 7:13 ` [PATCH] Implementation of the sendgroup() system call Andi Kleen
2009-05-04 7:30 ` Avi Kivity
2009-05-04 9:53 ` Andi Kleen
2009-05-04 9:56 ` Eric Dumazet
2009-05-04 10:18 ` Andi Kleen [this message]
2009-05-04 9:58 ` Avi Kivity
2009-05-04 7:42 ` Rémi Denis-Courmont
2009-05-04 13:44 ` Elad Lahav
2009-05-04 14:50 ` Andi Kleen
2009-05-05 0:24 ` Elad Lahav
2009-05-06 11:25 ` Tim Brecht
[not found] ` <49FE9C8C.6090705@cosmosbay.com>
2009-05-04 9:03 ` Eric Dumazet
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