netdev - Re: tainted warnings with tcp splicing in 3.7.1

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Date:	Thu, 10 Jan 2013 07:29:47 -0800
From:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:	Willy Tarreau <w@....eu>
Cc:	Christian Becker <c.becker@...viangames.com>,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: tainted warnings with tcp splicing in 3.7.1

On Thu, 2013-01-10 at 08:21 +0100, Willy Tarreau wrote:

> FWIW, I tested your patch here and did not notice any regression
> compared to last week-end tests, at various MTU size combinations.
> 

Thanks Willy

Tested-by: Willy Tarreau <w@....eu>

I believe I need to fix net-next, 

commit 9ca1b22d6d228177e6f929f6818a1cd3d5e30c4a
(net: splice: avoid high order page splitting)

missed the loopback case : the skb->head might need several
linear_to_page() calls.

I'll send a patch after full testing.


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