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Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v2 04/48] net: Declare MSG_SPLICE_PAGES internal sendmsg() flag
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Date:   Thu, 30 Mar 2023 16:07:25 +0100
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Willem de Bruijn <willemdebruijn.kernel@gmail.com> wrote:

> No need to modify __sys_sendmmsg explicitly, as it ends up calling
> __sys_sendmsg?
> 
> Also, sendpage does this flags masking in the internal sock_FUNC
> helpers rather than __sys_FUNC. Might be preferable.

I was wondering whether other flags, such as MSG_BATCH should be added to the
list.  Is it bad if userspace sets that in sendmsg()?  AF_KCM, at least, looks
at it.

David