Re: zero-copy udp

From: Stephen Hemminger
Date: Mon Dec 03 2007 - 23:31:02 EST


On Mon, 03 Dec 2007 20:10:09 -0800 (PST)
David Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> From: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Mon, 03 Dec 2007 18:08:09 -0800
>
> > Yes, doing UDP in user space is trivial.
>
> Only if you also filter out the ICMP port unreachable's
> the kernel is going to generate.

Yeah, using a packet filter will do that for you. (or just open the
appropriate socket first).
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