netdev - Re: [PATCH] Re: PACKET_TX_RING: packet size is too long

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Message-Id: <20091029.031917.255459167.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Thu, 29 Oct 2009 03:19:17 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	gombasg@...aki.hu
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, johann.baudy@...-log.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Re: PACKET_TX_RING: packet size is too long

From: Gabor Gombas <gombasg@...aki.hu>
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2009 22:10:29 +0200

> Currently PACKET_TX_RING forces certain amount of every frame to remain
> unused. This probably originates from an early version of the
> PACKET_TX_RING patch that in fact used the extra space when the (since
> removed) CONFIG_PACKET_MMAP_ZERO_COPY option was enabled. The current
> code does not make any use of this extra space.
> 
> This patch removes the extra space reservation and lets userspace make
> use of the full frame size.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Gabor Gombas <gombasg@...aki.hu>

Applied, thanks!
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