Merge branch 'tcp-zero-copy-receive'
authorDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Mon, 16 Apr 2018 22:26:38 +0000 (18:26 -0400)
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Mon, 16 Apr 2018 22:26:38 +0000 (18:26 -0400)
commit309c446cb45f6663932c8e6d0754f4ac81d1b5cd
treee8eb152424755e887f745634ae6d163b79835e17
parent10b19aeac1700c3ba94fb50583a766d9cdaf1e9e
parent192dc405f3080f1f7d8e90f638dc08c0e5a803a2
Merge branch 'tcp-zero-copy-receive'

Eric Dumazet says:

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tcp: add zero copy receive

This patch series add mmap() support to TCP sockets for RX zero copy.

While tcp_mmap() patch itself is quite small (~100 LOC), optimal support
for asynchronous mmap() required better SO_RCVLOWAT behavior, and a
test program to demonstrate how mmap() on TCP sockets can be used.

Note that mmap() (and associated munmap()) calls are adding more
pressure on per-process VM semaphore, so might not show benefit
for processus with high number of threads.
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Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>