netlink: mmaped netlink: ring setup

Add support for mmap'ed RX and TX ring setup and teardown based on the
af_packet.c code. The following patches will use this to add the real
mmap'ed receive and transmit functionality.

Signed-off-by: Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>

1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/net/Kconfig b/net/Kconfig
index 2ddc9046868e..1a2221630e6a 100644
--- a/net/Kconfig
+++ b/net/Kconfig
@@ -23,6 +23,15 @@ menuconfig NET
 
 if NET
 
+config NETLINK_MMAP
+        bool "Netlink: mmaped IO"
+        help
+          This option enables support for memory mapped netlink IO. This
+          reduces overhead by avoiding copying data between kernel- and
+          userspace.
+
+          If unsure, say N.
+
 config WANT_COMPAT_NETLINK_MESSAGES
         bool
         help