linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] new UDPCP Communication Protocol

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Date:	Tue, 11 Jan 2011 22:46:26 +0100
From:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:	Stefani Seibold <stefani@...bold.net>
Cc:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	shemminger@...tta.com, jj@...osbits.net, daniel.baluta@...il.com,
	jochen@...hen.org, hagen@...u.net, torvalds@...ux-foundation.org,
	pavel@....cz
Subject: Re: [PATCH] new UDPCP Communication Protocol

Le mardi 11 janvier 2011 à 22:41 +0100, Stefani Seibold a écrit :

> Second, the design is may in your opinion poor. I like it. What is
> really poor is the kernel_...() socket functions, which are only simple
> wrapper of the system calls without any performance improvement, skb
> support and memory saving.
> 

The only thing you want is to have a callback to your own code to
deliver an decapsulated skb to your state machine.

Take a look at other layers on top of UDP

(L2TP comes to mind)



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