Re: Does NFS bypass lower layers?

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Wed, 11 Nov 1998 19:21:38 +0000 (GMT)

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> No, it doesn't do that. One optimization in that vein which would not
> be too hard is to perform the defrag/checksum/copy-to-page-cache step
> on READ responses received from the server, provided you can hook into
> the ip defragmentation code without too much hassle.

At the point we decide to glue a packet back together we have all the
pieces needed to make the decision

> You can also combine defragmentation/checksumming in knfsd, but the

(We should btw do a checksum/defrag for all defragmentations its not
NFS specific its a general 'could do it better')

Alan

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