netdev - Re: [PATCHv2 net-next-2.6 0/5] XFRM,IPv6: Removal of RH2/HAO from IPsec-protected MIPv6 traffic

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Date:	Wed, 29 Sep 2010 11:04:24 +0200
From:	arno@...isbad.org (Arnaud Ebalard)
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	eric.dumazet@...il.com, herbert@...dor.apana.org.au,
	yoshfuji@...ux-ipv6.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCHv2 net-next-2.6 0/5] XFRM,IPv6: Removal of RH2/HAO from IPsec-protected MIPv6 traffic

Hi,

David Miller <davem@...emloft.net> writes:

> From: arno@...isbad.org (Arnaud Ebalard)
> Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2010 23:33:16 +0200
>
>> Before following the (dumb) #ifdef path, I was about to do that but
>> worried about the penalty of the additional xfrm_state_get/put_afinfo()
>> calls on each packet I was about to add. Should I just reduce my amount
>> of coffee or is it a valid concern?
>
> Indeed, it is.
>
> Even without the concern of afinfo refcounting, this test is very
> heavy handed for the packet path.
>
> Can you make it small enough that it can reasonably be inlined?

I came up with an idea. A v3 follows; the cover letter details that.

Cheers,

a+
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