netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 1/4] net: introduce skb_flow

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Message-Id: <20111128.190950.1313660081545124040.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Mon, 28 Nov 2011 19:09:50 -0500 (EST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	eric.dumazet@...il.com
Cc:	jhs@...atatu.com, jesse@...ira.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	dev@...nvswitch.org, chrisw@...hat.com,
	herbert@...dor.hengli.com.au, john.r.fastabend@...el.com,
	jpettit@...ira.com, fw@...len.de, shemminger@...tta.com,
	dan@...erfire.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 1/4] net: introduce skb_flow_dissect()

From: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2011 16:22:18 +0100

> We use at least two flow dissectors in network stack, with known
> limitations and code duplication.
> 
> Introduce skb_flow_dissect() to factorize this, highly inspired from
> existing dissector from __skb_get_rxhash()
> 
> Note : We extensively use skb_header_pointer(), this permits us to not
> touch skb at all.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>

Applied.
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