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Commit 69e3c75f authored by Johann Baudy's avatar Johann Baudy Committed by David S. Miller
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net: TX_RING and packet mmap



New packet socket feature that makes packet socket more efficient for
transmission.

- It reduces number of system call through a PACKET_TX_RING mechanism,
  based on PACKET_RX_RING (Circular buffer allocated in kernel space
  which is mmapped from user space).

- It minimizes CPU copy using fragmented SKB (almost zero copy).

Signed-off-by: default avatarJohann Baudy <johann.baudy@gnu-log.net>
Signed-off-by: default avatarDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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