netdev - Re: [PATCH 1/4] flow: virtualize flow cache entry methods

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Message-ID: <4BB9A113.30601@iki.fi>
Date:	Mon, 05 Apr 2010 11:36:35 +0300
From:	Timo Teräs <timo.teras@....fi>
To:	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
CC:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/4] flow: virtualize flow cache entry methods

Herbert Xu wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 05, 2010 at 10:00:21AM +0300, Timo Teras wrote:
>> @@ -219,33 +222,32 @@ void *flow_cache_lookup(struct net *net, struct flowi *key, u16 family, u8 dir,
>> +	flo = resolver(net, key, family, dir, fle ? fle->object : NULL, ctx);
>> +	if (fle) {
>> +		fle->genid = atomic_read(&flow_cache_genid);
>> +		if (IS_ERR(flo)) {
>> +			fle->genid--;
>> +			fle->object = NULL;
> 
> Shouldn't we call fle->object->ops->delete here?

The resolver function releases the old object.

It might actually make more sense to pass struct flow_cache_object**
so the resolver can twiddle the flow_cache_entry's object. Then it'd
be more explicit that the resolver is replacing entries.

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