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This adds handling of MSG_ZEROCOPY flag on transmission path:

1) If this flag is set and zerocopy transmission is possible (enabled
   in socket options and transport allows zerocopy), then non-linear
   skb will be created and filled with the pages of user's buffer.
   Pages of user's buffer are locked in memory by 'get_user_pages()'.
2) Replaces way of skb owning: instead of 'skb_set_owner_sk_safe()' it
   calls 'skb_set_owner_w()'. Reason of this change is that
   '__zerocopy_sg_from_iter()' increments 'sk_wmem_alloc' of socket, so
   to decrease this field correctly, proper skb destructor is needed:
   'sock_wfree()'. This destructor is set by 'skb_set_owner_w()'.
3) Adds new callback to 'struct virtio_transport': 'can_msgzerocopy'.
   If this callback is set, then transport needs extra check to be able
   to send provided number of buffers in zerocopy mode. Currently, the
   only transport that needs this callback set is virtio, because this
   transport adds ...