netdev - Re: [PATCH 01/11] rxrpc: Add a common object cache

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Date:	Tue, 08 Mar 2016 13:02:28 +0000
From:	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
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Cc:	dhowells@...hat.com, David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	linux-afs@...ts.infradead.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 01/11] rxrpc: Add a common object cache

David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com> wrote:

> Does it make sense to maintain a FIFO list of connections (though this would
> mean potentially taking a spinlock every time I get a packet)?

It occurs to me that only inactive connections would need to be on an LRU
list.  Any connection with packets or active calls to deal with wouldn't be on
the list.

David