Re: [PATCH v2] tcp: splice as many packets as possible at once

From: Benny Amorsen
Date: Wed Feb 04 2009 - 06:14:55 EST


David Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> From: Herbert Xu <herbert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

>> Granted copying sucks, but this is really because the underlying
>> hardware is badly designed. Also copying is way better than
>> not receiving at all due to memory fragmentation.
>
> This scheme sounds very reasonable.

Would it be possible to add a counter somewhere for this, or is that
too expensive?


/Benny

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