linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net-next v3 09/10] crypto: af_alg: Convert af_alg_sendpage() to use MSG_SPLICE

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Message-ID: <ZIBCzl7Je0JiPL7c@gondor.apana.org.au>
Date:   Wed, 7 Jun 2023 16:41:50 +0800
From:   Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
To:     David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
        Willem de Bruijn <willemdebruijn.kernel@...il.com>,
        David Ahern <dsahern@...nel.org>,
        Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>,
        Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>, linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-mm@...ck.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v3 09/10] crypto: af_alg: Convert
 af_alg_sendpage() to use MSG_SPLICE_PAGES

On Tue, Jun 06, 2023 at 02:08:55PM +0100, David Howells wrote:
> Convert af_alg_sendpage() to use sendmsg() with MSG_SPLICE_PAGES rather
> than directly splicing in the pages itself.
> 
> This allows ->sendpage() to be replaced by something that can handle
> multiple multipage folios in a single transaction.
> 
> Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
> cc: Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
> cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
> cc: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
> cc: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
> cc: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>
> cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>
> cc: Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>
> cc: linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org
> cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org
> ---
>  crypto/af_alg.c | 52 ++++++++-----------------------------------------
>  1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 44 deletions(-)

Acked-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
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