David S. Miller writes:
> I think a new variant of netif_receive_skb() might be needed.... or
> maybe not. I don't see a need for a new ->poll() for example.
Yes poll should fine as-is for netif_receive_skb we have to see.
> On the other hand, nobody checks the return value from
> netif_receive_skb(). This would have been a nice avenue
> were it not for the SKB refcounting, but I think we could
> work around that by making the driver grab the extra reference
> count before it invokes netif_receive_skb().
>
> I even think you are hinting at exactly this :)
Yes something like this at least as a start. Could be the first
part to play with. I'll leave TCP optimizations to you. :)
Cheers.
--ro
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