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| author | Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net> | 2013-04-17 06:47:01 +0000 |
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| committer | David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> | 2013-04-19 14:57:57 -0400 |
| commit | ccdfcc398594ddf3f77348c5a10938dbe9efefbe (patch) | |
| tree | 5458e0eca52d0488e8c24c8587028b5bd29b60de /net/Kconfig | |
| parent | cf0a018ac669955c10e4fca24fa55dde58434e9a (diff) | |
| download | lwn-ccdfcc398594ddf3f77348c5a10938dbe9efefbe.tar.gz lwn-ccdfcc398594ddf3f77348c5a10938dbe9efefbe.zip | |
netlink: mmaped netlink: ring setup
Add support for mmap'ed RX and TX ring setup and teardown based on the
af_packet.c code. The following patches will use this to add the real
mmap'ed receive and transmit functionality.
Signed-off-by: Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'net/Kconfig')
| -rw-r--r-- | net/Kconfig | 9 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/net/Kconfig b/net/Kconfig index 2ddc9046868e..1a2221630e6a 100644 --- a/net/Kconfig +++ b/net/Kconfig @@ -23,6 +23,15 @@ menuconfig NET if NET +config NETLINK_MMAP + bool "Netlink: mmaped IO" + help + This option enables support for memory mapped netlink IO. This + reduces overhead by avoiding copying data between kernel- and + userspace. + + If unsure, say N. + config WANT_COMPAT_NETLINK_MESSAGES bool help |