netdev - Re: [PATCH v3] net-tcp: TCP/IP stack bypass for loopback connections

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Date:	Wed, 19 Sep 2012 14:19:30 -0700
From:	Bruce Curtis <brutus@...gle.com>
To:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Cc:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, edumazet@...gle.com,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] net-tcp: TCP/IP stack bypass for loopback connections

On Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 2:03 PM, Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com> wrote:
>
> On Wed, 2012-09-19 at 16:34 -0400, David Miller wrote:
>
> > I have an idea on how to handle this.
> >
> > In drivers/net/loopback.c:loopback_tx(), skip the SKB orphan operation
> > if there is a friend socket at skb->friend.
> >
> > When sending such friend SKBs out at connection startup, arrange it
> > such that the skb->destructor will zap the skb->friend pointer to
> > NULL.
> >
> > Also, in skb_orphan*(), if necessary, set skb->friend to NULL.
> >
> > skb->sk will hold a reference to the socket, and since skb->friend
> > will be equal, this will make sure a pointer to an unreferenced
> > socket does not escape.
>
> I now am wondering if we still need skb->friend field.
>
> If skb->sk is not zeroed by a premature skb_orphan(), then
>
> skb->sk->sk_friend gives the friend ?
>
>
Good question, in the friends data path it's only used to
differentiate a friend directly Q'd skb so should work, I'll look into
it.
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