netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] net: gro: change GRO overflow strategy

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Date:	Thu, 09 Jan 2014 17:08:57 -0800
From:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:	Cong Wang <cwang@...pensource.com>
Cc:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	Neal Cardwell <ncardwell@...gle.com>,
	Jerry Chu <hkchu@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] net: gro: change GRO overflow strategy

On Thu, 2014-01-09 at 16:44 -0800, Cong Wang wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 9, 2014 at 2:12 PM, Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com> wrote:
> > +               /* locate the end of the list to select the 'oldest' flow */
> > +               while (nskb->next) {
> > +                       pp = &nskb->next;
> > +                       nskb = *pp;
> > +               }
> > +               *pp = NULL;
> > +               nskb->next = NULL;
> 
> How long could this list be?
> 

#define MAX_GRO_SKBS 8

> I think it's time to use doubly linked list for gro,
> although definitely not in this patch.

Its not needed, and it would be slower.

In fast path, we do not need to get the previous pointers.


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