netdev - Re: SO_REUSEPORT - can it be done in kernel?

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Date:	Sat, 26 Feb 2011 11:11:18 +0800
From:	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	rick.jones2@...com, tgraf@...radead.org, therbert@...gle.com,
	wsommerfeld@...gle.com, daniel.baluta@...il.com,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: SO_REUSEPORT - can it be done in kernel?

On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 07:07:23PM -0800, David Miller wrote:
> From: Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
> Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2011 10:48:48 +0800
> 
> > I'm looking at redoing this and the bulk of the work is going to
> > be restructuring ip_append_data/ip_push_pending_frames so that it
> > doesn't store the states in sk/inet_sk.
> 
> I suppose you're going to replace that stuff with an on-stack
> control structure that gets passed around by reference or
> similar?

Either that or have ip_append_data do ip_push_pending_frames
directly.

That function's signature is a mess already and I need to think
about this a bit more :)

Cheers,
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