Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 14 Nov 2009 09:12:30 +0800 | From | Herbert Xu <> | Subject | Re: [RFC PATCH] net: add dataref destructor to sk_buff |
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On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 10:45:16AM -0500, Gregory Haskins wrote: > > What I am getting at is as follows: From a real basic perspective, you > can look at all of this as a simple synchronous call (i.e. sendmsg()). > The "app" (be it a userspace app, or a guest) prepares a buffer for > transmission, and offers it to the next layer in the stack. The app > must maintain the integrity of that buffer at least until the layer > below it signifies that it is "consumed". This may mean its a > synchronous call, like sendmsg(), or it may be asynchronous, like AIO.
Neither sendmsg() nor sendfile() is synchronous in the way you imagine.
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