linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/4] net: bridge: use device address list instead of dev

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Date:	Tue, 14 Apr 2009 12:15:13 +0200
From:	Jiri Pirko <jpirko@...hat.com>
To:	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...tta.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	jgarzik@...ox.com, davem@...emloft.net,
	bridge@...ts.linux-foundation.org, fubar@...ibm.com,
	bonding-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net, kaber@...sh.net,
	mschmidt@...hat.com, dada1@...mosbay.com, ivecera@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/4] net: bridge: use device address list instead of
	dev_addr

Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 04:54:00PM CEST, shemminger@...tta.com wrote:
>> +static int another_port_has_addr(const struct net_bridge_port *p,
>> +				 struct net_bridge_fdb_entry *f)
>> +{
>> +	struct net_bridge *br = p->br;
>> +	struct net_bridge_port *op;
>> +
>> +	list_for_each_entry(op, &br->port_list, list) {
>> +		if (op != p && is_dev_addr(op->dev, f->addr.addr)) {
>> +			f->dst = op;
>> +			return 1;
>> +		}
>> +	}
>> +	return 0;
>> +}
>
>Forwarding database is hot path, people sometimes run lots of devices
>on single bridge, doesn't this scale worse?
>
This only puts the original loop code to the function, so if compiler decides to
inline this there might be no difference.
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