net: TX_RING and packet mmap

New packet socket feature that makes packet socket more efficient for
transmission.

- It reduces number of system call through a PACKET_TX_RING mechanism,
  based on PACKET_RX_RING (Circular buffer allocated in kernel space
  which is mmapped from user space).

- It minimizes CPU copy using fragmented SKB (almost zero copy).

Signed-off-by: Johann Baudy <johann.baudy@gnu-log.net>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
This commit is contained in:
Johann Baudy
2009-05-18 22:11:22 -07:00
committed by David S. Miller
parent f67f340849
commit 69e3c75f4d
4 changed files with 622 additions and 141 deletions

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@@ -46,6 +46,8 @@ struct sockaddr_ll
#define PACKET_VERSION 10
#define PACKET_HDRLEN 11
#define PACKET_RESERVE 12
#define PACKET_TX_RING 13
#define PACKET_LOSS 14
struct tpacket_stats
{
@@ -63,14 +65,22 @@ struct tpacket_auxdata
__u16 tp_vlan_tci;
};
/* Rx ring - header status */
#define TP_STATUS_KERNEL 0x0
#define TP_STATUS_USER 0x1
#define TP_STATUS_COPY 0x2
#define TP_STATUS_LOSING 0x4
#define TP_STATUS_CSUMNOTREADY 0x8
/* Tx ring - header status */
#define TP_STATUS_AVAILABLE 0x0
#define TP_STATUS_SEND_REQUEST 0x1
#define TP_STATUS_SENDING 0x2
#define TP_STATUS_WRONG_FORMAT 0x4
struct tpacket_hdr
{
unsigned long tp_status;
#define TP_STATUS_KERNEL 0
#define TP_STATUS_USER 1
#define TP_STATUS_COPY 2
#define TP_STATUS_LOSING 4
#define TP_STATUS_CSUMNOTREADY 8
unsigned int tp_len;
unsigned int tp_snaplen;
unsigned short tp_mac;