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diff --git a/Documentation/networking/packet_mmap.txt b/Documentation/networking/packet_mmap.txt index 723bf3d33a6e..91ffe1d9e8ca 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/packet_mmap.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/packet_mmap.txt @@ -98,6 +98,11 @@ by the kernel. The destruction of the socket and all associated resources is done by a simple call to close(fd). +Similarly as without PACKET_MMAP, it is possible to use one socket +for capture and transmission. This can be done by mapping the +allocated RX and TX buffer ring with a single mmap() call. +See "Mapping and use of the circular buffer (ring)". + Next I will describe PACKET_MMAP settings and its constraints, also the mapping of the circular buffer in the user process and the use of this buffer. @@ -414,6 +419,19 @@ tp_block_size/tp_frame_size frames there will be a gap between the frames. This is because a frame cannot be spawn across two blocks. +To use one socket for capture and transmission, the mapping of both the +RX and TX buffer ring has to be done with one call to mmap: + + ... + setsockopt(fd, SOL_PACKET, PACKET_RX_RING, &foo, sizeof(foo)); + setsockopt(fd, SOL_PACKET, PACKET_TX_RING, &bar, sizeof(bar)); + ... + rx_ring = mmap(0, size * 2, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_SHARED, fd, 0); + tx_ring = rx_ring + size; + +RX must be the first as the kernel maps the TX ring memory right +after the RX one. + At the beginning of each frame there is an status field (see struct tpacket_hdr). If this field is 0 means that the frame is ready to be used for the kernel, If not, there is a frame the user can read |