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Replace generic_splice_sendpage() + splice_from_pipe + pipe_to_sendpage() with a net-specific handler, splice_to_socket(), that calls sendmsg() with MSG_SPLICE_PAGES set instead of calling ->sendpage(). MSG_MORE is used to indicate if the sendmsg() is expected to be followed with more data. This allows multiple pipe-buffer pages to be passed in a single call in a BVEC iterator, allowing the processing to be pushed down to a loop in the protocol driver. This helps pave the way for passing multipage folios down too. Protocols that haven't been converted to handle MSG_SPLICE_PAGES yet should just ignore it and do a normal sendmsg() for now - although that may be a bit slower as it may copy everything. Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org> cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk> cc: Matthew Wilcox <willy@infradead.org> Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.