net/smc: introduce loopback-ism for SMC intra-OS shortcut
This introduces a kind of Emulated-ISM device named loopback-ism for SMCv2.1. The loopback-ism device is currently exclusive for SMC usage, and aims to provide an SMC shortcut for sockets within the same kernel, leading to improved intra-OS traffic performance. Configuration of this feature is managed through the config SMC_LO. Signed-off-by: Wen Gu <guwen@linux.alibaba.com> Reviewed-by: Gerd Bayer <gbayer@linux.ibm.com> Reviewed-by: Wenjia Zhang <wenjia@linux.ibm.com> Reviewed-and-tested-by: Jan Karcher <jaka@linux.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>
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net/smc/smc_loopback.c
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