netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next-2.6] net: harmonize the call to ptype_all and ptype

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Date:	Mon, 7 Mar 2011 22:12:43 +0100
From:	Jiri Pirko <jpirko@...hat.com>
To:	Nicolas de Pesloüan 
	<nicolas.2p.debian@...il.com>
Cc:	Nicolas de Pesloüan 
	<nicolas.2p.debian@...e.fr>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	davem@...emloft.net, shemminger@...tta.com, eric.dumazet@...il.com,
	kaber@...sh.net, fubar@...ibm.com, andy@...yhouse.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next-2.6] net: harmonize the call to ptype_all and
 ptype_base handlers.

Mon, Mar 07, 2011 at 09:41:19PM CET, nicolas.2p.debian@...il.com wrote:
>Le 07/03/2011 11:03, Jiri Pirko a écrit :
>>Sun, Mar 06, 2011 at 02:25:16PM CET, nicolas.2p.debian@...e.fr wrote:
>>>Until now, ptype_all and ptype_base delivery in __netif_receive_skb() is
>>>inconsistent.
>>>
>>>- For ptype_all, we deliver to every device crossed while walking the
>>>rx_handler path (inside the another_round loop), and there is no way to stop
>>>wildcard delivery (no exact match logic).
>>>- For ptype_base, we deliver to the lowest device (orig_dev) and to the highest
>>>(skb->dev) and we can ask for exact match delivery.
>>>
>>>This patch try and fix this, by:
>>>
>>>1/ Doing exact match delivery for both ptype_all and ptype_base, while walking
>>>   the rx_handler path.
>>>2/ Doing wildcard match delivery at the end of __netif_receive_skb(), if not
>>>   asked to do exact match delivery only.
>>>
>>>Signed-off-by: Nicolas de Pesloüan<nicolas.2p.debian@...e.fr>
>>>---
>>>
>>>This apply on top of the last batch of patch from Jiri Pirko.
>>>---
>>>net/core/dev.c |   32 ++++++++++++++++++++++++--------
>>>1 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
>>>
>>
>>I tend to like this patch. However I'm not sure if extra 2 loops don't
>>introduce noticable overhead :/
>
>I think ptype_all and ptype_base lists should only contain entries having ptype->dev == NULL.
>
>The entries having ptype->dev != NULL should be on per net_device
>lists. The head of those lists could/should be in a ptype_all and a
>ptype_base property in net_device.
>
>This would speed up the exact-match loops, because they would scan small (or empty) lists.
>
>I need to double check the possible impact of this proposal.

On the first glance, this makes sense to me.

>
>	Nicolas.
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