netdev - Re: [RFC PATCH v2 net-next 01/12] net: core: trivial netif_receive_skb

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Date:   Wed, 27 Jun 2018 15:03:40 +0100
From:   Edward Cree <ecree@...arflare.com>
To:     Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>,
        <linux-net-drivers@...arflare.com>, <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
CC:     <davem@...emloft.net>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v2 net-next 01/12] net: core: trivial
 netif_receive_skb_list() entry point

On 27/06/18 01:06, Eric Dumazet wrote:
> On 06/26/2018 11:17 AM, Edward Cree wrote:
>> Just calls netif_receive_skb() in a loop.
> ...
>
>> +void netif_receive_skb_list(struct sk_buff_head *list)
>
> Please use a standard list_head and standard list operators.
>
> (In all your patches)
>
> 1) We do not want to carry a spinlock_t + count per list...
>
> 2) We get nice debugging features with CONFIG_DEBUG_LIST=y
>
> Note that we now have skb->list after 
> commit d4546c2509b1e9cd082e3682dcec98472e37ee5a ("net: Convert GRO SKB handling to list_head.")
So we do.  That hadn't gone in yet on Monday when I last pulled net-next; I'll make sure to use it in the next spin.
Thanks.