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

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Message-Id: <20091029.034025.218199437.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Thu, 29 Oct 2009 03:40:25 -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, 29 Oct 2009 11:29:24 +0100

> On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 03:19:17AM -0700, David Miller wrote:
> 
>> 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!
> 
> Thanks! Does it have a chance to be included in 2.6.32, or it is too
> late in the rc series?

It will be merged to Linus for 2.6.23
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