linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net-next v4 11/15] iscsi: Use sendmsg(MSG_SPLICE

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Date:   Fri, 23 Jun 2023 20:45:56 +0100
From:   David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
To:     Mike Christie <michael.christie@...cle.com>
Cc:     dhowells@...hat.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        Alexander Duyck <alexander.duyck@...il.com>,
        "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-mm@...ck.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Lee Duncan <lduncan@...e.com>,
        Chris Leech <cleech@...hat.com>,
        Maurizio Lombardi <mlombard@...hat.com>,
        "James E.J. Bottomley" <jejb@...ux.ibm.com>,
        "Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@...cle.com>,
        Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>, open-iscsi@...glegroups.com,
        linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org, target-devel@...r.kernel.org,
        Dimitri KRAVTCHUK <dimitri.kravtchuk@...cle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v4 11/15] iscsi: Use sendmsg(MSG_SPLICE_PAGES) rather than sendpage

Mike Christie <michael.christie@...cle.com> wrote:

> 
> One question on the target part I had is about the TODO above. Is that
> something you were going to do, or is it something you are asking the target
> people to do?

I've got an in-progress patch for that, but it's not the simplest code to
modify.  I'm holding off on completing it till the simpler cleanup is in.  I
might end up having to push the incomplete patch your way to ask for advice on
how to complete it.

David