netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] fq_codel: Avoid regenerating skb flow hash unless necessary

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Date:   Fri, 20 Jan 2017 12:15:37 -0500 (EST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     acollins@...dlepoint.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, eric.dumazet@...il.com, tom@...bertland.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] fq_codel: Avoid regenerating skb flow hash
 unless necessary

From: Andrew Collins <acollins@...dlepoint.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2017 14:04:28 -0700

> The fq_codel qdisc currently always regenerates the skb flow hash.
> This wastes some cycles and prevents flow seperation in cases where
> the traffic has been encrypted and can no longer be understood by the
> flow dissector.
> 
> Change it to use the prexisting flow hash if one exists, and only
> regenerate if necessary.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Andrew Collins <acollins@...dlepoint.com>

Applied, thanks.