netdev - RE: [PATCH] NET: Multiqueue network device support.

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Date:	Mon, 11 Jun 2007 10:57:20 -0700
From:	"Waskiewicz Jr, Peter P" <peter.p.waskiewicz.jr@...el.com>
To:	"Patrick McHardy" <kaber@...sh.net>
Cc:	<davem@...emloft.net>, <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, <jeff@...zik.org>,
	"Kok, Auke-jan H" <auke-jan.h.kok@...el.com>
Subject: RE: [PATCH] NET: Multiqueue network device support.

> PJ Waskiewicz wrote:
> > diff --git a/include/linux/skbuff.h b/include/linux/skbuff.h index 
> > e7367c7..8bcd870 100644
> > --- a/include/linux/skbuff.h
> > +++ b/include/linux/skbuff.h
> > @@ -215,6 +215,7 @@ typedef unsigned char *sk_buff_data_t;
> >   *	@pkt_type: Packet class
> >   *	@fclone: skbuff clone status
> >   *	@ip_summed: Driver fed us an IP checksum
> > + *	@queue_mapping: Queue mapping for multiqueue devices
> >   *	@priority: Packet queueing priority
> >   *	@users: User count - see {datagram,tcp}.c
> >   *	@protocol: Packet protocol from driver
> > @@ -269,6 +270,7 @@ struct sk_buff {
> >  			__u16	csum_offset;
> >  		};
> >  	};
> > +	__u16			queue_mapping;
> >  	__u32			priority;
> >  	__u8			local_df:1,
> >  				cloned:1,
> 
> 
> I think we can reuse skb->priority. Assuming only real 
> hardware devices use multiqueue support, there should be no user of
> skb->priority after egress qdisc classification. The only reason
> to preserve it in the qdisc layer is for software devices.

That would be oustanding.

> Grepping through drivers/net shows a few users, bot most seem 
> to be using it on the RX path and some use it to store internal data.

Thank you for hunting this down.  I will test on my little environment
here to see if I run into any issues.

-PJ
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