Thread (38 messages) 38 messages, 4 authors, 2011-05-26

Re: [PATCH V5 2/6 net-next] netdevice.h: Add zero-copy flag in netdevice

From: Shirley Ma <hidden>
Date: 2011-05-18 17:00:56
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On Wed, 2011-05-18 at 19:51 +0300, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
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Yes, I agree.  I think for tcpdump, we really need to copy the
data
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anyway, to avoid guest changing it in between.  So we do that and
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use the copy everywhere, release the old one. Hmm? 
Yes. Old one use zerocopy, new one use copy data.

Thanks
Shirley
No, that's wrong, as they might become different with a
malicious guest. As long as we copied already, lets realease
the data and have everyone use the copy. 
Ok, I will patch pskb_expand_head to test it out.

Shirley
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