netdev - Re: [PATCH v2] tcp: splice as many packets as possible at once

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Date:	Tue, 20 Jan 2009 13:00:43 +0300
From:	Evgeniy Polyakov <zbr@...emap.net>
To:	Jarek Poplawski <jarkao2@...il.com>
Cc:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, herbert@...dor.apana.org.au,
	w@....eu, dada1@...mosbay.com, ben@...s.com, mingo@...e.hu,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	jens.axboe@...cle.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] tcp: splice as many packets as possible at once

Hi Jarek.

On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 09:33:52AM +0000, Jarek Poplawski (jarkao2@...il.com) wrote:
> > Here is a tiny upgrade to save some memory by reusing a page for more
> > chunks if possible, which I think could be considered, after the
> > testing of the main patch is finished. (There could be also added an
> > additional freeing of this cached page before socket destruction,
> > maybe in tcp_splice_read(), if somebody finds good place.)
> 
> OOPS! I did it again... Here is better refcounting.
> 
> Jarek P.
> 
> --- (take 2)
> 
>  include/net/sock.h  |    4 ++++
>  net/core/skbuff.c   |   32 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++------
>  net/core/sock.c     |    2 ++
>  net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c |    8 ++++++++
>  4 files changed, 40 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/include/net/sock.h b/include/net/sock.h
> index 5a3a151..4ded741 100644
> --- a/include/net/sock.h
> +++ b/include/net/sock.h
> @@ -190,6 +190,8 @@ struct sock_common {
>    *	@sk_user_data: RPC layer private data
>    *	@sk_sndmsg_page: cached page for sendmsg
>    *	@sk_sndmsg_off: cached offset for sendmsg
> +  *	@sk_splice_page: cached page for splice
> +  *	@sk_splice_off: cached offset for splice

Ugh, increase every socket by 16 bytes... Does TCP one still fit the
page?

-- 
	Evgeniy Polyakov
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