netdev - zero copy for relay server

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Date:	Mon, 28 Mar 2011 21:57:02 +0530
From:	Viral Mehta <Viral.Mehta@...infotech.com>
To:	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: zero copy for relay server

Hi,
I am implementing a particular application where
my application acts nothing but like Relay Server.

Relay server accepts connection from machine A.
It also accepts connection from Machine B.

Machine A and B are on different LAN/subnnets.
Now, there are two connections.
What server is supposed to do is RECV packets from machine A and SEND same
to machine B.

Pseudo Code is something like,
while(1)
{
recvagain:
   n =3D recv(incoming_fd, &buf, 8192, ...)
   if(n < 0)
        goto recvagain;
   send(outgoing_fd, &buf, n, ...);
}

Now the question is,
I want to avoid kernel-user copy for such application.
I found that a syscall like "sendfile"; I wanted to know if there is any
similar thing exists in-kernel which can take 2 socket descriptors....

If not, is it possible ? I would like to implement the same if someone
can suggest some pointers.

Thanks,
Viral

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