netdev - Re: [RFC PATCH 28/28] sock: Remove ->sendpage*() in favour of sendmsg(MSG_SPLICE

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Date:   Thu, 16 Mar 2023 16:57:58 +0100
From:   Marc Kleine-Budde <mkl@...gutronix.de>
To:     David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
Cc:     Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
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Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 28/28] sock: Remove ->sendpage*() in favour of
 sendmsg(MSG_SPLICE_PAGES)

On 16.03.2023 15:26:18, David Howells wrote:
> [!] Note: This is a work in progress.  At the moment, some things won't
>     build if this patch is applied.  nvme, kcm, smc, tls.
> 
> Remove ->sendpage() and ->sendpage_locked().  sendmsg() with
> MSG_SPLICE_PAGES should be used instead.  This allows multiple pages and
> multipage folios to be passed through.
> 
> Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>

> cc: linux-can@...r.kernel.org

Acked-by: Marc Kleine-Budde <mkl@...gutronix.de> # for net/can

Marc

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