On Tue, Dec 23, 2008 at 10:16:25PM +0300, Vladislav Bolkhovitin (vst@vlnb.net) wrote:

Actually, there's another way, which seems to be a lot simpler. Alexey 
Kuznetsov privately suggested it to me.

In skb_shared_info new pointer transaction_token would be added, which 
would point on:

struct sk_transaction_token
{
	atomic_t			io_count;
	struct sk_transaction_token	*next;
	unsigned long			token;
	unsigned long			private;
	void				(*finish_callback)(struct 
	sk_transaction_token *);
};

When skb is translated, transaction_token inherited. If 2 skb are merged 
(the same places where I put net_get_page's in my patch), the *older* 
token is inherited. This is the main point of this idea.

Before starting new asynchronous send a client would open a new token. 
Everything sent then would receive that token. Finish_callback() would 
be called and the corresponding token freed, when io_count == 0 *AND* 
all previous tokens closed.

This idea seems to be simpler, than even what Rusty implemented. Correct 
me, if I wrong. But, unfortunately, in the near future I will have no 
time to develop it.. :-(

Yes, it is simpler and cleaner, but it requires additional allocation.
This is additional (and quite noticeble) overhead.

-- 
	Evgeniy Polyakov