Re: [PATCH] pipe_to_sendpage: Ensure that MSG_MORE is set if we set MSG_SENDPAGE_NOTLAST

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On Mon, 2013-11-25 at 08:42 +0100, Richard Weinberger wrote:

> In the commit message of your patch you wrote "For all sendpage() providers, 
> its a transparent change.". Why does AF_ALG need special handling?
> If users have to care about MSG_SENDPAGE_NOTLAST it is no longer really an 
> internal flag.

MSG_SENDPAGE_NOTLAST is an internal (kernel) flag.

Fact that I missed some MSG_MORE 'users' in the kernel was an oversight.

I am not saying your patch is not needed, I am only saying it reverts
a useful TCP optimization, and we can do better, dont we ?



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