netdev - Re: [PATCH 2/4] ipv4: Sanitize and simplify ip_route

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Date:	Wed, 27 Apr 2011 06:47:57 +0200
From:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/4] ipv4: Sanitize and simplify
 ip_route_{connect,newports}()

Le mardi 26 avril 2011 à 15:12 -0700, David Miller a écrit :
> These functions are used together as a unit for route resolution
> during connect().  They address the chicken-and-egg problem that
> exists when ports need to be allocated during connect() processing,
> yet such port allocations require addressing information from the
> routing code.
> 
> It's currently more heavy handed than it needs to be, and in
> particular we allocate and initialize a flow object twice.
> 
> Let the callers provide the on-stack flow object.  That way we only
> need to initialize it once in the ip_route_connect() call.
> 
> Later, if ip_route_newports() needs to do anything, it re-uses that
> flow object as-is except for the ports which it updates before the
> route re-lookup.
> 
> Also, describe why this set of facilities are needed and how it works
> in a big comment.
> 
> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@...emloft.net>

Reviewed-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>


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