Linux kernel modifications for the Kernel Hacking exam
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When TCP_ZEROCOPY_RECEIVE operation has been added, I made the mistake of automatically un-mapping prior content before mapping new pages. This has the unfortunate effect of adding potentially long MMU operations (like TLB flushes) while socket lock is held. Using madvise(MADV_DONTNEED) right after pages has been used has two benefits : 1) This releases pages sooner, allowing pages to be recycled if they were part of a page pool in a NIC driver. 2) No more long unmap operations while preventing immediate processing of incoming packets. The cost of the added system call is small enough. Arjun will submit a kernel patch allowing to opt out from the unmap attempt in tcp_zerocopy_receive() Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com> Cc: Arjun Roy <arjunroy@google.com> Cc: Soheil Hassas Yeganeh <soheil@google.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> |
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arch | ||
block | ||
certs | ||
crypto | ||
Documentation | ||
drivers | ||
fs | ||
include | ||
init | ||
ipc | ||
kernel | ||
lib | ||
LICENSES | ||
mm | ||
net | ||
samples | ||
scripts | ||
security | ||
sound | ||
tools | ||
usr | ||
virt | ||
.clang-format | ||
.cocciconfig | ||
.get_maintainer.ignore | ||
.gitattributes | ||
.gitignore | ||
.mailmap | ||
COPYING | ||
CREDITS | ||
Kbuild | ||
Kconfig | ||
MAINTAINERS | ||
Makefile | ||
README |
Linux kernel ============ There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first. In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or ``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at: https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/ There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory, several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation. Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.