Re: [RFC net-next v3 05/29] net: bvec specific path in zerocopy_sg_from_iter

From: David Ahern
Date: Tue Jun 28 2022 - 18:52:15 EST


On Tue, Jun 28, 2022 at 07:56:27PM +0100, Pavel Begunkov wrote:
> Add an bvec specialised and optimised path in zerocopy_sg_from_iter.
> It'll be used later for {get,put}_page() optimisations.
>
> Signed-off-by: Pavel Begunkov <asml.silence@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> net/core/datagram.c | 47 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> 1 file changed, 47 insertions(+)
>

Rather than propagating iter functions, I have been using the attached
patch for a few months now. It leverages your ubuf_info in msghdr to
allow in kernel users to pass in their own iter handler.