Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 14 May 2012 22:17:20 +0300 | From | "Michael S. Tsirkin" <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH RFC] tun: experimental zero copy tx support |
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On Mon, May 14, 2012 at 10:14:56PM +0300, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote: > On Mon, May 14, 2012 at 09:02:26PM +0200, Eric Dumazet wrote: > > On Mon, 2012-05-14 at 20:04 +0300, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote: > > > On Mon, May 14, 2012 at 09:54:46AM -0700, Stephen Hemminger wrote: > > > > On Sun, 13 May 2012 18:52:06 +0300 > > > > "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@redhat.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > + /* Userspace may produce vectors with count greater than > > > > > + * MAX_SKB_FRAGS, so we need to linearize parts of the skb > > > > > + * to let the rest of data to be fit in the frags. > > > > > + */ > > > > Rather than complex partial code, just go through slow path for > > > > requests with too many frags (or for really small requests). > > > > Creating mixed skb's seems too easy to get wrong. > > > > > > I don't object in principle but macvtap has same code > > > so seems better to stay consistent. > > > > > > > If I remember well, code in vtap was buggy and still is. > > > > Jason Wang fixes are not yet in, > > They seem to be in net-next, or did I miss something? > > > so maybe wait a bit, so that we dont > > add a pile of new bugs ? > > > >
Things progress smoother upstream than out of tree is my experience.
Also everything is guarded by a mod param in vhost which is off by default and the name experimental_zcopytx makes it hopefully clear there's risk involved.
So the chance of hurting someone is imo minimal.
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