netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 1/2] udp: Do not require sock in udp_tunnel_xmit

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Date:	Thu, 22 Jan 2015 00:37:59 +0200
From:	Or Gerlitz <gerlitz.or@...il.com>
To:	Tom Herbert <therbert@...gle.com>
Cc:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, Thomas Graf <tgraf@...g.ch>,
	Linux Netdev List <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 1/2] udp: Do not require sock in udp_tunnel_xmit_skb

On Thu, Jan 22, 2015 at 12:24 AM, Tom Herbert <therbert@...gle.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 21, 2015 at 12:57 PM, Or Gerlitz <gerlitz.or@...il.com> wrote:
>> On Wed, Jan 21, 2015 at 12:24 AM, Tom Herbert <therbert@...gle.com> wrote:
>>> vxlan_xmit_one calls udp_flow_src_port to get a source port value
>>> based on the encapsulated flow.
>>
>> OK, got it -- does a by-product of invoking udp_flow_src_port on the
>> skb is having an hash mark on the skb which is based on the inner
>> packet and can (is?) used for TX queue selection over MQ devices?
>
> Yes, that should be fine. The hash can be used all the way up to TCP
> and save in the TCP socket as the rxhash for a connection. This was
> RFS, XPS, etc. will work for TCP over an encapsulation.


so.. can be used or is already used today? Also we're talking on the
TX path, so I wasn't sure to follow on your mentioning of RFS...
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