linux-ext4 - Re: [linux-next:master] [splice] 2cb1e08985: stress-ng.sendfile.ops_per

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Message-ID: <105869.1686572748@warthog.procyon.org.uk>
Date:   Mon, 12 Jun 2023 13:25:48 +0100
From:   David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
To:     kernel test robot <oliver.sang@...el.com>
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Subject: Re: [linux-next:master] [splice] 2cb1e08985: stress-ng.sendfile.ops_per_sec 11.6% improvement

kernel test robot <oliver.sang@...el.com> wrote:

> kernel test robot noticed a 11.6% improvement of stress-ng.sendfile.ops_per_sec on:

If it's sending to a socket, this is entirely feasible.  The
splice_to_socket() function now sends multiple pages in one go to the network
protocol's sendmsg() method to process instead of using sendpage to send one
page at a time.

David