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Date:      Sat, 20 Oct 2007 10:32:08 +0300
From:      Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Vlad GALU <dudu@dudu.ro>
Cc:        noackjr@alumni.rice.edu, net@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: accept filters and zero copy sockets
Message-ID:  <4719AEF8.6070805@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <ad79ad6b0710190119o20f39a7el283beda536dc8d4d@mail.gmail.com>
References:  <15756.67.45.62.107.1192764733.squirrel@www.noacks.org> <ad79ad6b0710190119o20f39a7el283beda536dc8d4d@mail.gmail.com>

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Vlad GALU wrote:
> On 10/19/07, Jonathan Noack <noackjr@alumni.rice.edu> wrote:
>> I'm in the process of upgrading my web/database/nfs/jack-of-all-trades box
>> from 6.2 to RELENG_7.  I figured now would be a good time to clean up my
>> kernel config files.  I have the following in my old kernel config:
>>
>> # Statically Link in accept filters
>> options       ACCEPT_FILTER_DATA
>> options       ACCEPT_FILTER_HTTP
>>
>> # Zero copy sockets support.  This enables "zero copy" for sending and
>> # receiving data via a socket.  The send side works for any type of NIC,
>> # the receive side only works for NICs that support MTUs greater than the
>> # page size of your architecture and that support header splitting.  See
>> # zero_copy(9) for more details.
>> options       ZERO_COPY_SOCKETS
> 
>    I recall experiencing some crashes with ZERO_COPY_SOCKETS on
> RELENG_6 and it was related to the VM subsystem. Tor Egge may have a
> better idea about the problem and whether it was fixed in RELENG_7 or
> not.

I think it is believed to be fixed in 7.0, so it is worth testing.

Kris




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