Re: [PATCH net-next v15 10/14] tcp: RX path for devmem TCP

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On Fri, Jun 28, 2024 at 2:33 AM Mina Almasry <almasrymina@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> In tcp_recvmsg_locked(), detect if the skb being received by the user
> is a devmem skb. In this case - if the user provided the MSG_SOCK_DEVMEM
> flag - pass it to tcp_recvmsg_devmem() for custom handling.
>
> tcp_recvmsg_devmem() copies any data in the skb header to the linear
> buffer, and returns a cmsg to the user indicating the number of bytes
> returned in the linear buffer.
>
> tcp_recvmsg_devmem() then loops over the unaccessible devmem skb frags,
> and returns to the user a cmsg_devmem indicating the location of the
> data in the dmabuf device memory. cmsg_devmem contains this information:
>
> 1. the offset into the dmabuf where the payload starts. 'frag_offset'.
> 2. the size of the frag. 'frag_size'.
> 3. an opaque token 'frag_token' to return to the kernel when the buffer
> is to be released.
>
> The pages awaiting freeing are stored in the newly added
> sk->sk_user_frags, and each page passed to userspace is get_page()'d.
> This reference is dropped once the userspace indicates that it is
> done reading this page.  All pages are released when the socket is
> destroyed.
>
> Signed-off-by: Willem de Bruijn <willemb@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Kaiyuan Zhang <kaiyuanz@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Mina Almasry <almasrymina@xxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@xxxxxxxxxx>





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