netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 2/2] openvswitch: Use zerocopy if applicable when performing the upcall

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Message-Id: <20130610.134331.1301662479712409021.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Mon, 10 Jun 2013 13:43:31 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	jesse@...ira.com
Cc:	tgraf@...g.ch, eric.dumazet@...il.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	dev@...nvswitch.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 2/2] openvswitch: Use zerocopy if applicable
 when performing the upcall

From: Jesse Gross <jesse@...ira.com>
Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2013 13:34:23 -0700

> Well, this is the slow path. I don't want to force userspace to deal
> with this because it's an internal kernel optimization that is
> platform-specific and requires carrying additional metadata around.

I think the grounds for this rejection is over the top and
unreasonable.
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