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    SubjectRe: [PATCH V2 net-next 5/7] tun: support receiving skb through msg_control
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    On 2017年03月30日 23:06, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
    > On Thu, Mar 30, 2017 at 03:22:28PM +0800, Jason Wang wrote:
    >> This patch makes tun_recvmsg() can receive from skb from its caller
    >> through msg_control. Vhost_net will be the first user.
    >>
    >> Signed-off-by: Jason Wang<jasowang@redhat.com>
    > Do we need to bother with tun? I didn't realize one
    > can even use that with vhost. What would be the point of
    > all the virtio header stuff dealing with checksums etc?
    >
    > Even if you see a use-case is it worth optimizing?
    >
    >

    It's for tap in fact. I use "tun" just because we have already had a
    tap.c which is used by macvtap.

    Thanks

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