Re: [PATCH nf-next] netfilter: nfnetlink_queue: zero copy support

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On Sun, Mar 17, 2013 at 08:15:55PM -0700, Eric Dumazet wrote:
> From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@xxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> nfqnl_build_packet_message() actually copy the packet
> inside the netlink message, while it can instead use
> zero copy.
> 
> Make sure the skb 'copy' is the last component of the
> cooked netlink message, as we cant add anything after it.
> 
> Patch cooked in Copenhagen at Netfilter Workshop ;)
> 
> Still to be addressed in separate patches :
> 
> -GRO/GSO packets are segmented in nf_queue()
> and checksummed in nfqnl_build_packet_message().
> 
> Proper support for GSO/GRO packets (no segmentation,
> and no checksumming) needs application cooperation, if we
> want no regressions.

Applied, thanks.
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