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Message-ID: <20100406123404.GA24294@gondor.apana.org.au> Date: Tue, 6 Apr 2010 20:34:04 +0800 From: Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au> To: Timo Teras <timo.teras@....fi> Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/4] flow: virtualize flow cache entry methods On Mon, Apr 05, 2010 at 08:01:24PM +0300, Timo Teras wrote: > This allows to validate the cached object before returning it. > It also allows to destruct object properly, if the last reference > was held in flow cache. This is also a prepartion for caching > bundles in the flow cache. > > In return for virtualizing the methods, we save on: > - not having to regenerate the whole flow cache on policy removal: > each flow matching a killed policy gets refreshed as the getter > function notices it smartly. > - we do not have to call flow_cache_flush from policy gc, since the > flow cache now properly deletes the object if it had any references > > Signed-off-by: Timo Teras <timo.teras@....fi> Acked-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au> Thanks a lot for the patch! -- Visit Openswan at http://www.openswan.org/ Email: Herbert Xu ~{PmV>HI~} <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au> Home Page: http://gondor.apana.org.au/~herbert/ PGP Key: http://gondor.apana.org.au/~herbert/pubkey.txt -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
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