From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
To: eric.dumazet@gmail.com
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, alexander.h.duyck@intel.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 1/3] net: introduce skb_try_coalesce()
Date: Sat, 19 May 2012 18:35:45 -0400 (EDT) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20120519.183545.964398493609844274.davem@davemloft.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1337432522.7029.194.camel@edumazet-glaptop>
From: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 19 May 2012 15:02:02 +0200
> From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
>
> Move tcp_try_coalesce() protocol independent part to
> skb_try_coalesce().
>
> skb_try_coalesce() can be used in IPv4 defrag and IPv6 reassembly,
> to build optimized skbs (less sk_buff, and possibly less 'headers')
>
> skb_try_coalesce() is zero copy, unless the copy can fit in destination
> header (its a rare case)
>
> kfree_skb_partial() is also moved to net/core/skbuff.c and exported,
> because IPv6 will need it in patch (ipv6: use skb coalescing in
> reassembly).
>
> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
> Cc: Alexander Duyck <alexander.h.duyck@intel.com>
Applied.
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2012-05-19 13:02 [PATCH net-next 1/3] net: introduce skb_try_coalesce() Eric Dumazet
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