Hi,

> There currently isn't a way to use a preallocated buffer for reads.  The
> incoming data is read into a buffer allocated low in the stack by the
> messaging layer.  The bufferlist& ref is really a handle for the caller to
> get at the buffers; any prior contents are discarded.

I understood.
So that allocated inside SimpleMessenger::Pipe::read_message(), right?

> This is something that could be changed, but it will require an additional
> messenger callback so that the upper layers can provide the buffer to read
> the data into.  (That is what the kernel implementation does.)

Well, could you tell me where can I find that callback code?
In fs/ceph/messenger.c?
I'd like to look into it.
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