* zero copy.
@ 2002-03-12 8:59 Rogier Wolff
2002-03-12 9:07 ` Andi Kleen
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From: Rogier Wolff @ 2002-03-12 8:59 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Linux kernel mailing list; +Cc: linux-net
Hi,
Is linux able to do zero copy?
I remember from previous discussions that there was always a camp
that would claim that the copy was free because of the checksum,
and/or the other way around. And warming the cache on input would
prove to eliminate almost all overhead.
I have an application where the bulk of the data is NOT generated or
consumed by the CPU, in fact, the CPU does not have enough bandwidth
to move all the data. We really need to have the DMA-devices go and
get the data for themselves....
So far, I'm finding more or less unavoidable copy to/from user calls
in both the tcp send and the tcp recieve path.....
Suggestions?
Roger.
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* Re: zero copy.
2002-03-12 8:59 zero copy Rogier Wolff
@ 2002-03-12 9:07 ` Andi Kleen
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From: Andi Kleen @ 2002-03-12 9:07 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Rogier Wolff; +Cc: Linux kernel mailing list, linux-net
On Tue, Mar 12, 2002 at 09:59:36AM +0100, Rogier Wolff wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> Is linux able to do zero copy?
You can do zero copy on TX by using sendfile() or writing a kernel module.
Zero copy on RX is not directly supported by the standard network stack.
It's possible to do it via a kernel module again, but very hackish.
-Andi
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* zero copy
@ 2003-02-06 23:07 Venkat Raghu
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From: Venkat Raghu @ 2003-02-06 23:07 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: linux-kernel; +Cc: kernelnewbies
Hi,
What is zero copy mechanism in ethernet drivers.
Regards
Venkat
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* Re: zero copy
@ 2003-02-07 10:04 Emiliano Gabrielli
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From: Emiliano Gabrielli @ 2003-02-07 10:04 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: linux-kernel, kernelnewbies
<quote who="Venkat Raghu">
>
>
> Hi,
>
> What is zero copy mechanism in ethernet drivers.
>
> Regards
> Venkat
Zero copy is intended to bypass the need of copying the user space buffer in kernel
space via copy_from_user.
It is achieved by mapping dma buffer in user space for exaple so that eth driver can
directly use them for dma
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* zero copy
@ 2005-12-06 12:09 kernel coder
2005-12-06 12:28 ` Steven Whitehouse
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From: kernel coder @ 2005-12-06 12:09 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: linux-kernel
hi,
i'm trying to track the code flow of sendfile system call.Mine
ethernet card doesn't have scatter gather and checksum calculation
features.So stack should be making a copy of data.
Please tell me where in sendfile code flow,check for scatter gather
and cecksum features is made so that stack can decide whether to copy
data from user space or not.
lhrkernelcoder
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* Re: zero copy
2005-12-06 12:09 kernel coder
@ 2005-12-06 12:28 ` Steven Whitehouse
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From: Steven Whitehouse @ 2005-12-06 12:28 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: kernel coder; +Cc: linux-kernel
Hi,
See sock_no_sendpage() in linux/net/core/sock.c for when network
protocols don't support zerocopy and tcp_sendpage() in
linux/net/ipv4/tcp.c for an example where it is supported. The
NETIF_F_SG and TCP_ZC_CSUM_FLAGS test in the latter function
is probably what you are after?
Steve.
On Tue, Dec 06, 2005 at 04:09:30AM -0800, kernel coder wrote:
> hi,
> i'm trying to track the code flow of sendfile system call.Mine
> ethernet card doesn't have scatter gather and checksum calculation
> features.So stack should be making a copy of data.
>
> Please tell me where in sendfile code flow,check for scatter gather
> and cecksum features is made so that stack can decide whether to copy
> data from user space or not.
>
> lhrkernelcoder
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