netdev - Re: Single socket with TX_RING and RX

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Date:	Mon, 20 May 2013 22:54:31 +0200
From:	Paul Chavent <paul.chavent@...c.net>
To:	Ricardo Tubío <rtpardavila@...il.com>
CC:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Single socket with TX_RING and RX_RING

On 05/16/2013 01:01 PM, Ricardo Tubío wrote:
> Phil Sutter <phil <at> nwl.cc> writes:
>
>> So you do not call init_ring() twice as one may imply when reading your
>> first mail? Please provide a complete code sample.
>>
>
> Yes, I call it twice. The problem is that if I call it twice with the same
> socket_fd, the second time I call it I get the EBUSY error from kernel. I
> have to use two different sockets (two different socket_fd's, therefore) in
> order to workaround this issue.
>
> The code I use for calling "init_ring" is the one below. If in function
> "init_rings", instead of using two different sockets (rx_socket_fd and
> tx_socket_fd), I use a single socket, I get the EBUSY error from kernel.
>
> Hope this clarifies, Cardo.

Hi.

As stated before, you should call mmap only once.

Paul.
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