netdev - Re: AF_PACKET mmap() v4...

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Message-Id: <20151105.103213.2242523229143446058.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Thu, 05 Nov 2015 10:32:13 -0500 (EST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	guy@...m.mit.edu
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, arnd@...db.de
Subject: Re: AF_PACKET mmap() v4...

From: Guy Harris <guy@...m.mit.edu>
Date: Thu, 5 Nov 2015 00:14:51 -0800

> As a core libpcap developer, I will at least state that it works a
> *lot* better than v1 and v2 did.  Having buffer slots that can hold
> only one packet is *really* suboptimal for packet capture; having
> buffer slots that can hold multiple packets works a lot better, as
> there's less wasted memory.

No doubt.

> I'll see whether there are any changes that *would* make libpcap's life better.

Thanks.
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