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From: Elad Lahav <elad_lahav@users.sourceforge.net>
To: James Morris <jmorris@namei.org>
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: ip_append_page and the socket send buffer
Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2007 17:00:52 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <45D62994.6000609@users.sourceforge.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0702161627340.5602@d.namei>

James Morris wrote:
> On Fri, 16 Feb 2007, Elad Lahav wrote:
> 
>> I wrote a function that is equivalent to udp_sendmsg, but uses ip_append_page
>> to attach data to an skb. The function is implemented as follows:
> 
> Why?

This scheme allows you to send the same data to multiple recipients. The 
user's data is copied only once into a set of pages, which are then 
shared among multiple skbuff objects.

> Where is the code?
The code is probably too long to be attached to a mailing list message. 
It pretty much follows the steps I specified in my original e-mail. I 
can provide more details, if required.

Elad


      reply	other threads:[~2007-02-16 22:01 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-02-16 20:02 ip_append_page and the socket send buffer Elad Lahav
2007-02-16 21:27 ` James Morris
2007-02-16 22:00   ` Elad Lahav [this message]

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