Re: [PATCH net-next v5 03/16] ceph: Use sendmsg(MSG_SPLICE_PAGES) rather than sendpage

From: Ilya Dryomov
Date: Mon Jun 26 2023 - 11:42:01 EST


On Mon, Jun 26, 2023 at 4:00 PM David Howells <dhowells@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Ilya Dryomov <idryomov@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Same here... I would suggest that you keep ceph_tcp_sendpage() function
> > and make only minimal modifications to avoid regressions.
>
> This is now committed to net-next.

This needs to be dropped from linux-next because both this and
especially the other (net/ceph/messenger_v2.c) patch introduce
regressions.

> I can bring ceph_tcp_sendpage() back into
> existence or fix it in place for now if you have a preference.

I already mentioned that I would prefer if ceph_tcp_sendpage() was
brought back into existence.

>
> Note that I'm working on patches to rework the libceph transmission path so
> that it isn't dealing with transmitting a single page at a time, but it's not
> ready yet.

That is a worthwhile improvement now that sock_sendmsg() can take
advantage of multiple pages! It would be pretty invasive though so
I think ceph_tcp_sendpage() is better to remain in place until then.

Thanks,

Ilya