netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 0/3] net: Infrastructure changes for [kz]proxy

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Date:   Tue, 01 Aug 2017 15:26:34 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     tom@...ntonium.net
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, rohit@...ntonium.net,
        john.fastabend@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 0/3] net: Infrastructure changes for [kz]proxy

From: Tom Herbert <tom@...ntonium.net>
Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2017 16:22:40 -0700

> This patch set contains some general infrastructure enhancements that
> will be used by kernel proxy and zero proxy.
> 
> The changes are:
>   - proto_ops: Add locked versions of sendmsg and sendpage
>   - skb_send_sock: Allow sending and skb on a socket within the
>     kernel
>   - Generalize strparser. Allow it to be used in other contexts than
>     just in the read_sock path. This will be used in the transmit
>     path of zero proxy.
> 
> Some nice future work (which I've been discussing with John Fastabend)
> will be to make some of the related functions to allow gifting of skbs
> We should be able to do that with skb_send_sock and strp_process. I'd
> also like this feature in the read_sock callbeck.
> 
> Tested: Ran modified kernel without incident. Tested new functionality
> using zero proxy (in development).

Series applied, thanks Tom.