netdev - Re: [RFC 1/2] net: Introduce recvmmsg socket syscall

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Message-ID: <20090521161000.GA6638@ioremap.net>
Date:	Thu, 21 May 2009 20:10:00 +0400
From:	Evgeniy Polyakov <zbr@...emap.net>
To:	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>
Cc:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	Chris Van Hoof <vanhoof@...hat.com>,
	Clark Williams <williams@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC 1/2] net: Introduce recvmmsg socket syscall

Hi Arnaldo.

On Wed, May 20, 2009 at 08:06:52PM -0300, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo (acme@...hat.com) wrote:
> Meaning receive multiple messages, reducing the number of syscalls and
> net stack entry/exit operations.
> 
> Next patches will introduce mechanisms where protocols that want to
> optimize this operation will provide an unlocked_recvmsg operation.
 
What's the difference from the single msg with multiple iovecs?

Can we implement receiving from multiple sockets using this or similar interface?

-- 
	Evgeniy Polyakov
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