netdev - Re: [PATCH] gso: Handle Trans-Ether-Bridging protocol in skb_network

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Date:	Wed, 8 May 2013 09:23:13 -0700
From:	Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>
To:	PJ Waskiewicz <peter.p.waskiewicz.jr@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:	Pravin B Shelar <pshelar@...ira.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>,
	Cong Wang <amwang@...hat.com>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] gso: Handle Trans-Ether-Bridging protocol in
 skb_network_protocol()

On Wed, 08 May 2013 00:42:49 -0700
PJ Waskiewicz <peter.p.waskiewicz.jr@...ux.intel.com> wrote:

> On 5/7/2013 11:41 PM, Pravin B Shelar wrote:
> > Rather than having logic to calculate inner protocol in every
> > tunnel gso handler move it to gso code. This simplifies code.
> 
> Moving code that isn't used on a regular basis to hotpath for most 
> networking to simplify code isn't always a good thing.
> 
> Have you run tests on non-tunneled streams using GSO to make sure there 
> isn't an adverse impact to performance due to the new, untaken branch?
> 
> -PJ
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Maybe use unlikely here?
It looks like more and more of this tunnel unwrapping needs to be handled here
(vxlan? ipip?) probably want more general switch statement and per-protocol functions.

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