linux-kernel - Re: [RFC,net-next,x86 0/6] Nontemporal copies in unix socket write path

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Date:   Thu, 12 May 2022 16:12:57 -0700
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To:     Joe Damato <jdamato@...tly.com>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, davem@...emloft.net,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, x86@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC,net-next,x86 0/6] Nontemporal copies in unix socket write
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On Thu, 12 May 2022 15:53:05 -0700 Joe Damato wrote:
>  1. Do you have any strong opinions on the sendmsg flag vs a socket option?

It sounded like you want to mix nt and non-nt on a single socket hence
the flag was a requirement. socket option is better because we can have
many more of those than there are bits for flags, obviously.

>  2. If I can think of a way to avoid the indirect calls, do you think this
>     series is ready for a v1? I'm not sure if there's anything major that
>     needs to be addressed aside from the indirect calls.

Nothing comes to mind, seems pretty straightforward to me.