netdev - Re: [PATCH] xfrm: cache bundle lookup results in flow cache

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Date:	Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:17:47 +0800
From:	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
To:	Timo Teräs <timo.teras@....fi>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] xfrm: cache bundle lookup results in flow cache

On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 08:21:02AM +0200, Timo Teräs wrote:
>
>> Or have I misread your patch? You *are* proposing to cache the last
>> used bundle in the policy, right?
>
> Yes and no. The bundle used is cached on per-flow basis.
> The flow cache can have lot of entries each referring to
> same policy but separate bundle.

OK so I did misread your patch.

In fact it is already doing exactly what I was suggesting, I'll
review your patch again with this new insignt :)

> But keeping policy and bundle in cache is still a win. If we
> kill the xfrm_dst due to GC, we will also lose the policy
> the flow matched. We might need to kill xfrm_dst due to the
> inside dst going old, but the flow cache would still give
> hit with policy info (but no bundle) the next a packet comes
> in using the same flow.

We were in complete agreement all along :)

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