[RFC] Allow m_dup() to use JUMBO clusters

[Hans Petter Selasky]

Hi,

I'm asking for some input on the attached m_dup() patch, so that 
existing functionality or dependencies are not broken. The background 
for the change is to allow m_dup() to defrag long mbuf chains that 
doesn't fit into a specific hardware's scatter gather entries, typically 
when doing TSO.

In my case the HW limit is 16 entries of length 4K for doing a 64KByte 
TSO packet. Currently m_dup() is at best producing 32 entries of each 2K 
for a 64Kbytes TSO packet.

By allowing m_dup() to get JUMBO clusters when allocating mbufs, we 
avoid creating a new function, specific to the hardware, to defrag some 
rare-occurring very long mbuf chains into a mbuf chain below 16 entries.

Any comments?

--HPS

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