[linux-next:master] [splice] 2cb1e08985: stress-ng.sendfile.ops_per_sec 11.6% improvement

[David Howells]

kernel test robot <oliver.sang at intel.com> wrote:

> kernel test robot noticed a 11.6% improvement of stress-ng.sendfile.ops_per_sec on:

If it's sending to a socket, this is entirely feasible.  The
splice_to_socket() function now sends multiple pages in one go to the network
protocol's sendmsg() method to process instead of using sendpage to send one
page at a time.

David